Improving Father-Daughter Relationships
A Guide for Women and their Dads

Improving Father-Daughter Relationships: A Guide for Women and Their Dads is essential reading for daughters and their fathers, as well as for their families and for therapists. This friendly, no-nonsense book by father-daughter relationships expert, Dr. Linda Nielsen, offers women and their dads a step-by-step guide to improve their relationships and to understand the impact this will have on their well-being.

Nielsen encourages us to get to the root of problems, instead of dealing with fallout, and helps us resolve the conflicts that commonly strain relationships from late adolescence throughout a daughter?s adult years. Showing how we can strengthen bonds by settling issues that divide us, her book explores a range of difficult issues from conflicts over money, to the daughter?s lifestyle or sexual orientation, to her parents? divorce and dad?s remarriage.

With quizzes and real-life examples to encourage us to examine beliefs that are limiting or complicating the connection between fathers and daughters, this guide helps us feel less isolated and enables us to create more joyful, honest, enriching relationships.

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Chapter One The Four Steps for Father-Daughter Problem Solving

Chapter Two Money Minefields and Misunderstandings

Chapter Three Romantic Relationships, Sex, andLifestyles

Chapter Four Mother’s Impact on Father-Daughter Problems

Chapter Five Divorce and Dad’s Remarriage

Chapter Six The final stage: Elderly fathers

Index

Linda Nielsen, PhD, is a professor of Education at Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC. A member of the faculty for 45 years, she is a nationally recognized expert on father-daughter relationships. Her work has been featured in a PBS documentary and in the media, including the New York Times, Time, Oprah, The Atlantic, NPR, PBS and the BBC.