There's advice in this book, but more importantly, there's wisdom, passed down from one parent to another. The author's goal is to offer compassion and insight to those fathers and mothers who wonder what went wrong and if it will ever get better.
The author details many of the difficulties the author faced and he describes his and his wife's search for solutions, describing what helped and all that didn't, including some truly awful advice from friends.
The book has an inventive conclusion -- the author asked several other people to comment on what he had written, so we get to see other views and other solutions. This is followed by the author's summing up, including his surprising answer to the question raised in the book's title.
Peter K. England is a pen name, used so that he could write more freely, and the book has the easy and witty style that has made him a popular writer on business and the economy.
The author details many of the difficulties the author faced and he describes his and his wife's search for solutions, describing what helped and all that didn't, including some truly awful advice from friends.
The book has an inventive conclusion -- the author asked several other people to comment on what he had written, so we get to see other views and other solutions. This is followed by the author's summing up, including his surprising answer to the question raised in the book's title.
Peter K. England is a pen name, used so that he could write more freely, and the book has the easy and witty style that has made him a popular writer on business and the economy.
