Dynamic Dads: How to be a hero to your kids [Paperback]

Paul Pettit (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 10, 2003

In Dynamic Dads, Paul Pettit shows busy dads how they can be winners not only at work, but also at marriage and parenting. Pettit challenges men to lead their families with purpose, integrity, and involvement, and offers practical ideas and strategies for doing so. Dynamic Dads proves that fathers can create a powerful legacy that will live on through future generations when they really know, encourage, and support their kids--and live lives of vulnerable authenticity before them.

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From the Back Cover

You know what it takes to win in the workplace, but what about at home?

Are you as determined to win at home as you are at work? Have you learned to balance the deadlines and demands of your job with the tremendous task of fathering? It’s a difficult balancing act--keeping your priorities right and being the best you can be in both worlds.

With a little bit of knowledge, a strong commitment, and lots of prayer, you can be a Dynamic Dad, someone who wins at work and at home. In Dynamic Dads, Paul Pettit gives you everything you need to formulate your own strategy for pulling together a winning home team.

You’ll read stories and learn the secrets of other Dynamic Dads. You’ll also gain some practical tips and find information to help you:
Become a hero at home
Get more involved in the lives of your kids
Understand what true authority is
Learn how to stay accountable
Be your children’s biggest cheerleader

Whatever else you accomplish on this planet, your role as a father deserves your very best.

Product Details

• Paperback: 160 pages
• Publisher: Tyndale House Publishers (April 10, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0842362045
• ISBN-13: 978-0842362047
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.3 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,483,112 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Dr. Paul Pettit serves as Director of Spiritual Formation and teaches in the departments of Spiritual Formation and Pastoral Ministries at Dallas Theological Seminary. Paul's background includes experience as a sportscaster, author, and speaker. He and wife Pamela, co-authored Congratulations, You're Gonna be a Dad! (Kregel) In addition Paul has written; Dynamic Dads: How to be a Hero to Your Kids (Tyndale House), Congratulations, You've Got 'Tweens. (Kregel), and Foundations of Spiritual Formation. (Kregel Academic)
Paul holds degrees from the University of Kansas, Moody Bible Institute's Advanced Studies Program, Dallas Theological Seminary's Master of Theology and the Doctor of Ministry degree also from Dallas Seminary. He enjoys coaching emerging leaders and also basketball, golf, politics, and barbecue.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Children are looking for a "leader"..., November 29, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Dynamic Dads: How to be a hero to your kids (Paperback)

This book is for men who want to be effective, involved fathers, which is a heroic ideal today. Many men spend their lives at the office or on the job site "providing" for their kids...only to have them grow up and leave the home without making a real, authentic, heart connection with them. Read this book and learn strategies for becoming a Dynamic Dad...a man who is a winner at work...and at home!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars a great book, November 21, 2004

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Nicole Mayhew - See all my reviews

This review is from: Dynamic Dads: How to be a hero to your kids (Paperback)

This is a great book! It was really helpful and easy to read and follow. If you want to be a "Dynamic Dad" you should buy this book!

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Misleading online description!, January 9, 2011

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Trunk Slamchest (Seattle WA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Dynamic Dads: How to be a hero to your kids (Paperback)

I will be returning this book immediately, and let me tell you why...

Based on the Amazon description, I was really looking forward to reading this book. I seemed like an honest, straightforward approach to helping men prepare for one of the most important events in their life.

HOWEVER: the online description is misleading as it does NOT convey anything about the author's blatantly religious perspective. Had I clicked on the "more about the author" link I would have deduced that BEFORE wasting money on this book. Being rabidly averse to having others shove their religious beliefs down my throat I was very frustrated and offended by this ruse.

Why is it a ruse, you ask? If I may quote from page XI of the introduction ...
"Let me plainly state that I write from an evangelical perspective or worldview. This view upholds the judeo-christian foundation of the fatherhood of God and the explicitly christian belief that his son, jesus of nazareth, the lord christ, joins with the holy spirit in a trinity of unity."

Now, I know that I will likely raise the ire of people who buy into the outdated concept of organized religion, but reading this paragraph (among others) in just the introduction of this book made me vomit in my mouth a little. Last I checked, Christianity does not hold a patent on "family values".

If this author is so up-front with his approach and his beliefs, then the supposedly (judeo-)christian thing to do would be to be HONEST with your potential customers BEFORE they shell out money. But no, instead the description was secularized to appeal to a broader audience (more people means more money, the cornerstone of any evangelical effort). If memory serves, the commandment "Do not bear false witness against your neighbor" also covers lying, lying via ommission, and fradulent actions. I guess that only applies when it doesn't interfere with one's revenue potential.

My wife and I are modern-minded, intelligent, free-thinkers, and we do not appreciate being misguided like this.

That is why I am returning this book.

BOTTOM-LINE: If you're into maintaining the strangle-hold that fundamental organized religions have on modern society, then this is right up your alley. But... If being bludgeoned with bible-quotes is not your thing, stay far far away from this book.