Questions to DIYFather - father involvement

Jennifer asked the following question - sorry Jennifer your email address didn't work so we posted your question and answer here:

"I am looking for books to get a dad on why he feels lost with his children? Why he always thinks the kids pick everyone else but him? Just feeling neglected because of how the mother was overprotective with the kids. Can you please direct me? Thank you!"

DIYFather:

Perhaps you'd like to try the books by Steve Biddulph "Raising Boys" or "Manhood". Hope this helps.

-DIYFather

Involved Fathers - A new image that reflects real change

Watch a few hours of television and you will be convinced: the father who is involved and dedicated to his children is no longer a marginal figure or a lofty ideal beyond the reach of common mortals. The advertising industry-always the first to catch the waves of social trends and ride their crests-no longer hesitates to use the image of the involved and committed father. In doing so, advertisers not only promote this new notion of fatherhood along with their products, they also demonstrate that the image of the dedicated father no longer even needs to be "sold" to most men. If advertising-that supreme arbiter of society's values and a key influence on its ideology-uses the "dedicated father" to sell its products, it is because this has become a positive image with which men like to be associated, a social standard to which they are willing to conform and a behaviour that they want to adopt.