Raising Dad: What Fathers & Sons Learn from Each Other

By Thom S. Rainer and Art Rainer

Private schools have frequently provided innovative, experimental, and creative programunavailable to students in the public system. The most successful have survived and expanded by offering an educational experience widely perceived to be not just as good as that available in the public system, but better.In Canada, private schools are enjoying an unprecedented popularity and while most are day-only, over sixty sustain boarding programs, as do two off-shore Canadian schools."The Handbook of Canadian Boarding Schools" presents information on the educational environment of each province, then offers comparative information on each boarding school.The information on each school includes: basic data, location, history, philosophy, the campus, boarding facilities, health and safety, administration and faculty, student body and student conduct, academic calendar and program, information technology, student activities and student conduct, admission and costs."The Handbook" also supplies several appendices outlining important programs often available through boarding schools, such as Advanced Placement courses and the International Baccalaureate.For parents in Canada and abroad about to commit substantial sums to their children's education, the Handbook of Canadian Boarding Schools is an essential tool to help them make the right decision.It is also an indispensable resource for supporters of the public system looking for ideas that have worked elsewhere.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0805443916
• ISBN13: 9780805443912
• Release Date: May 2007
• Publisher: B&H Publishing Group
• Length: 212 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.6" x 8.6"

Customer Reviews

Transparent, Vulnerable and Authentic

This is the best book on fathering that you'll read this year, regardless of whether you're raising sons or daughters. Although the book is a shared journal between father and (adult) son, the principles explained here are valuable in raising daughters also. Rainer writes with amazing transparency, showing us mistakes in his own attitudes, priorities, and behaviors. Because of that, we're able to easily identify with him --- we fail too; we fall short of being the dad we'd love to become. Any father of teens and older children will relate to Rainer. At the end of your life, you'll want your children giving your eulogy. You'll want them to say "Dad loved me" and "Dad showed me what love looks like, in action." If you're a person of faith, you'll also want them to say "Dad showed me what God's love really looks like." Meanwhile, if you live long and prosper, this book can help you make some changes in the way you're parenting right now, today. If you're a dad whose parenting is still in progress, buy and read. You'll be glad you did. Dr. David Frisbie The Center for Marriage & Family Studies Author of: Raising Great Kids on Your Own: A Guide and Companion for Every Single Parent