My distant dad : healing the family father wound

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Label

My distant dad : healing the family father wound

Title remainder

healing the family father wound

Statement of responsibility

Jed Diamond

Creator

• Diamond, Jed, 1943-

Contributor

• hoopla digital
• Grant, Andy

Author

• Diamond, Jed, 1943-

Subject

• Families of the mentally ill -- Biography
• Social justice
• Absentee fathers
• Fathers and sons -- Biography
• Adult children of dysfunctional families -- Biography

Genre

• Biography

Language

eng

Summary

There is one problem that surpasses all others in its impact on men, women, and society. It is the family father wound. We focus on the importance of mothers in determining the well-being of children. Yet, without the support of their fathers, men become disconnected from their true selves, feeling that others are controlling their lives. The family father wound may be the most pervasive, most important, and least recognized problem facing men and their families today. However, the family father wound, resulting from physical or emotional absence, has been largely ignored. Disconnected males, without a strong sense of inner guidance, can become abusive towards women and destructive towards men. We've seen this with the outpouring of sexual abuse allegations involving many prominent men. More than 20 million children live in a home without the physical presence of a father. Millions more have dads who are physically present, but emotionally absent. If it were classified as a disease, fatherlessness would be an epidemic worthy of attention as a national emergency. The male anger and rage we see in everything from domestic violence to school shootings has its roots, I believe, in trauma resulting from growing up in families with disconnected and dysfunctional fathers. Yet, this childhood wounding can be healed. My 15th book, My Distant Dad: Healing the Family Father Wound is an adventure story to find the father I lost when I was five years old. It's also a tale of redemption and healing for both my father and myself

Accompanying matter

technical information on music

Cataloging source

Midwest

Dewey number

306.8742/092

Form of composition

not applicable

Format of music

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Literary text for sound recordings

other

PerformerNote

Read by Andy Grant

Target audience

adult

Transposition and arrangement

not applicable