You Have What It Takes: What Every Father Needs to Know

by John Eldredge

Book Overview

In You Have What It Takes, Eldredge gives fathers a look inside both themselves and their sons and daughters, encouraging them to give their children permission to be who God designed them to be.

Every boy wants to be a hero. He wants to be powerful, dangerous. He wants to know... Do I have what it takes?

Every girl wants to believe that she is captivating, worth fighting for. She wants to know... Am I lovely?

Only you, Dad, can...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0785288767
• ISBN13: 9780785288763
• Release Date: March 2007
• Publisher: Thomas Nelson
• Length: 64 Pages
• Weight: 0.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 4.1" x 6.8"

Customer Reviews

Required reading for Dads

I have read several books dealing with the critical task of Dads raising their children. John Ortberg is a very gifted Christian writer that communicates some tremendous truths in a very small booklet. Don't let the size fool you, this book will convict you and give you some great tools to help you in your Christian walk and efforts in raising godly children.

It's never too late to begin healing.

John Eldredge is the author of numerous books, including WILD AT HEART, which sold more than two million copies and was used as the guide for hundreds of men's Bible study groups. He is one of many Christians who has recognized the value of fathers in raising children, and is not afraid to identify the differences between the genders and explain how they generate different needs. Eldredge demonstrates how understanding these needs and differences is essential to raising emotionally and spiritually healthy children. Each chapter (which includes "The Secret to Boys"; "What a Father Needs to Do"; "Healing Wounds"; and "It's Never Too Late") is only a few pages long yet is packed with the core of emotions that everyone has experienced as a result of their own relationship with their father. Whether it was wonderful and everlasting or non-existent and painful, there is no denying that the father/child relationship is perhaps the most life-shaping of all. In an age when "Who's Your Daddy?" has become a national joke, the existence of absentee, ineffectual and abusive fathers is just beginning to reap its consequences. Boys whose needs were not met by their fathers are growing up and becoming negligent parents as well. Many believe it is these unmet needs and resulting wounded spirits that are primarily responsible for creating the angry, frustrated and rebellious youth we see today. In his down-to-earth writing style, Eldredge uses many personal anecdotes, linking them to Scriptures that illustrate the source of his beliefs. He concludes that ultimately it is God the Father who provides the model for love and forgiveness so necessary in healthy relationships. YOU HAVE WHAT IT TAKES is sure to inspire those who read it to take action in their own lives. Whether your child is four or 40, it's never too late to begin healing. --- Reviewed by Maggie Harding

insightful

This booklet was awesome. It helped me identify some of my own issues as well as gave me guidance for raising my own children. I read it and quickly loaned it to another parent that I knew would appreciate it.

I wish I could give it more than 5 stars!!

As with every book he writes, John Eldredge hits the nail right on the head. I just bought this for my husband for Christmas and I think every father should have one in his stocking. John Eldredge has such a special gift for insight and is one of the best authors out there. This book brought me to tears over some realizations of my own father. I suggest you buy one for every father you know and make sure every mother you know reads it too.

You Have What It Takes: What Every Father Needs to Know

I wish I had read this book 20 years ago! However, it's never too late to start being the father you were intended to be. This book lays it out in a most simple way. Quick read and a MUST read. You will want to order a box of these and give to all the dads you know, I did!