Friends, Foes, & Fools: Fathers Can Teach Their Kids to Know the Difference

by Merritt, James Gregory

• ISBN13: 9780805420814
• ISBN10: 0805420819
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 1999-04-30
• Publisher: B&H

Summary

This book encourages fathers to follow Proverbs in guiding their children through one of the most confusing, frustrating, and tension-filled ages in history.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	xiii
Introduction: I Am a Dad!	1	(2)
Part 1: Looking Up to a Crumbling Down World	3	(32)
1. Is There a Dad in the House?	5	(14)
2. If I Had Only One Wish	19	(16)
Part 2: Wising Up in a Dumbing Down World	35	(118)
3. Put Up and Shut Up	37	(16)
4. Let Me Tell You about the Birds and the Bees	53	(16)
5. How to Lower Your Temper (-ature)	69	(14)
6. Tastes Great, Less Filling-Sounds Good, Not True	83	(16)
7. Fiscal Fitness	99	(20)
8. Manual Labor Is Not the President of Mexico	119	(16)
9. How to Deal with Friends, Foes, and Fools	135	(18)
Part 3: Standing Up in a Falling Down World	153	(38)
10. How to Keep Dennis from Becoming a Menace	155	(24)
11. How to Mine Your Own Gold	179	(12)
Epilogue: The Dad's Hall of Fame	191	(8)
Notes	199