Dads, Kids, and Fitness:
A Father's Guide to Family Health
By William Marsiglio
Dads, Kids, and Fitness: A Father's Guide to Family Health, Rutgers University press, 2016 (click on book title for more information)
Now, more than ever, American dads are poised to take a proactive approach to health and fitness for themselves and their children. In Dads, Kids, and Fitness: A Father's Guide to Family Health, I highlight the value of treating dads as central players in what I call the social health matrix-the myriad condition, relationships, and choices that define matters of health, fitness, and well-being for fathers and children's intersecting lives.
Drawing on revealing interviews with a diverse sample of dads and pediatric health care professionals, as well as my unique personal experiences-initially as a teenage father, and then as a later-life dad to a second son born thirty-one years later-I challenge dads to become more health-conscious in how they live and raise their children.
I artfully explore how fathers approach their own health while revealing how fathers' life-long experiences of taking care of or abusing their own bodies and minds affect the way they respond to their children's health-related needs. I also outline how schools, religious organizations, the business community, medical facilities, and other organizations can help dads with either healthy children or those with special needs make a positive imprint on their health, fitness, and well-being.
Anchored in compelling stories of joy, tragedy, and resilience, Dads, Kids and Fitness extends and deepens the public's conversation about health at a propitious moment in our nation's history when debates about healthcare have never been more passionate and pervasive. Its progressive message breathes new life into discussions about fathering, manhood, and health.
Now, more than ever, American dads are poised to take a proactive approach to health and fitness for themselves and their children. In Dads, Kids, and Fitness: A Father's Guide to Family Health, I highlight the value of treating dads as central players in what I call the social health matrix-the myriad condition, relationships, and choices that define matters of health, fitness, and well-being for fathers and children's intersecting lives.
Drawing on revealing interviews with a diverse sample of dads and pediatric health care professionals, as well as my unique personal experiences-initially as a teenage father, and then as a later-life dad to a second son born thirty-one years later-I challenge dads to become more health-conscious in how they live and raise their children.
I artfully explore how fathers approach their own health while revealing how fathers' life-long experiences of taking care of or abusing their own bodies and minds affect the way they respond to their children's health-related needs. I also outline how schools, religious organizations, the business community, medical facilities, and other organizations can help dads with either healthy children or those with special needs make a positive imprint on their health, fitness, and well-being.
Anchored in compelling stories of joy, tragedy, and resilience, Dads, Kids and Fitness extends and deepens the public's conversation about health at a propitious moment in our nation's history when debates about healthcare have never been more passionate and pervasive. Its progressive message breathes new life into discussions about fathering, manhood, and health.
