Bridges : Reuniting Daughters and Daddies

by Barras, Jonetta Rose

• ISBN13: 9781890862381
• ISBN10: 189086238X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-05-22
• Publisher: Bancroft Press

Summary

In her critically acclaimed, groundbreaking bestseller?Whatever Happened to Daddy's Little Girl??author Jonetta Rose Barras broke the code of silence surrounding the devastating impact father absence has on girls and women. In this new self-help book: Barras takes the next step, guiding daughter-and-father duos toward much needed reconciliation, bonding, and healing. With illustrations pulled from the lives of real women and their fathers, plus affirmations and practical exercises designed by the author in association with experts, Bridges will be a must read and invaluable tool for girls and women who want to mend the rend in their lives, for men who want to enjoy the special and sacred relationship between fathers and daughters, and for everyone interested in the love that binds us all. Bridges is as much about hurdling the internal obstacles that have kept us away from the place where self-love lives, as it is about bridging the seemingly unbridgeable gap between estranged daughters and fathers. Bridges is thus a practical and insightful book that's needed for our times, our people, and our communities.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	p. 1
Author's notes	p. 2
Introduction	p. 3
Setting the Foundation	p. 19
Definitions
The Internal Survey
The Plan
Let's Review
Building the Bridge	p. 47
Implementing the Plan
First Contact
Pacing and Communications
Pitfalls and Obstructions
Rest Stop
Building Rituals and Reaffirming the Commitment
Let's Review
All by Yourself	p. 107
When Daughter and Daddy Can't Reconcile Together
Let's Review
Practice and Succeed	p. 119
Reconciliation Exercises
Reconciliation Resources	p. 205
Reconciliation Resources
Starting a support group
Launching a reconciliation center
Organizations and individuals to contact
Afterword	p. 219
Glossary	p. 225
Bibliography	p. 231
About the Author	p. 235
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