Dr. Linda Nielsen has the distinct honor of teaching the only college course about father-daughter relationships. Her course “Fathers & Daughters” has successfully been part of Wake Forest University’s curriculum since 1991. It was a pleasure to learn more about her unique work in this area.

Her last book, “Embracing Your Father, How to Build the Relationship You’ve Always Wanted with Your Dad,” has had a profound impact on fathers and daughters everywhere. It outlines the need for us to work on relationships with our fathers and them with us. If you are a mother, father or daughter reading this, I encourage you to find out more about father and daughter relationships and highly recommend Dr. Nielsen as the best place to start.

Dr. Nielsen’s credentials in the area of father and daughter relationships are exceptional. Her advocacy for shared parenting is represented through her association with the American Coalition for Fathers & Children (ACFC) where she is currently the President and national spokesperson.

Her ACFC research brochure, Shared Parenting Facts and Fiction, speaks volumes of the work that has been done in discerning the relationship needs of children with their parents and also the work that still needs to be done in this critical area. How critical? Well, consider that only 15% to 20% of parents share parenting after divorce. It is that critical. Essentially it boils down to nearly half of the children in the U.S. growing up with one parent.

That is not to say that her work is not beneficial to two parent households. I would be the first to embrace this book and say I wish there was something for a teen in this area that could have helped me relate better with my father then. Why do we always have to learn the good stuff later? At least it is not too late.

Filled with eye opening facts and exercises that could fill a complimentary work book, you can do nothing but learn more about father-daughter relationships. Want to fix what is broken, or perhaps what you think is broken in your father-daughter relationship? Then you will find it in “Embracing Your Father”.

Maybe through Dr. Nielsen’s work we can all change parenting and improve on father-daughter relationships, one family at a time.

More information on Dr. Linda Nielsen is available at her website. In addition, reviewer comments and excerpts are available for Embracing Your Father

You can also visit Dr. Nielsen’s site for a copy of the brochure Shared Parenting, Facts and Fiction or visit American Coalition for Fathers & Children (ACFC) for more information.

Her fourth book, "Between Fathers & Daughters: Enriching & Rebuilding" is available this fall published by Cumberland House.