Focus on the Family Radio to Highlight new Bestseller for Dads

Aug. 31, 2012 - PRLog -- A father of four himself, Slayton’s new book has drawn rave reviews from dozens of America’s best known fathers, including Governors Jeb Bush and Sam Brownback, Senators John McCain and Joe Lieberman and Pastors Tim Keller and Luis Palau.  The book has become a breakout best-seller since its May launch and is poised to go into its third printing this fall.

Slayton doesn’t beat around the bush when it comes to being a dad:  “Not only does the future of civilization depend on how we do our job (and that is no exaggeration), but also our children’s futures, our family’s future and our own future depend on it as well.”  Be a Better Dad Today!  is an inspirational and practical guidebook that has already helped tens of thousands of fathers to become the best dads they can be—for their family’s sake as well as their own.

With humor, empathy, common sense, tough talk and engaging stories from his personal experience, Be a Better Dad Today! gives the reader user-friendly, simple-but-never simplistic tools that has already helped tens of thousands of Dads. In addition to the “Ten Tools of Fatherhood,” this book includes a plan to help families create a “Noble Family Vision” which will help dads and moms make better parenting decisions over the short and long term. Whether you have younger or older kids, boys or girls, or whether you have been married for 20 years or are heading up a newly blended family, Be a Better Dad Today! brings wise insights and practical, doable action steps for becoming a better father, a better husband and a better man.

Be a Better Dad Today! details the Ten Tools of Fatherhood that can help all fathers:
1.   Family First/Fun
2.   All-in Marriage
3.   True Moral Compass and True Humility
4.   Heartfelt Love
5.   Empowering Servant Leadership
6.   Relationship Tools that Work
7.   Heaven’s Help
8.   Other Good Dads
9.   Optimistic, Never-Surrender Attitude
10.   Dynamic, Whole-Person Support

As fathers grow to master the Ten Tools of Fatherhood, they learn how not only how to be a better dad, but also how to be a better husband and a stronger man.

Be a Better Dad Today! was designed to help all fathers, no matter their unique situation. Fathers-to-be or long-time dads can all learn from the easy to read tools and tips. There are whole chapters devoted to single dads and long-distance dads. There is even a section for fathers who have grown estranged from their children – encouraging them to get back involved and offering a step-by-step plan to re-establish positive and productive relationships with their kids.

Be a Better Dad Today! has tons of practical tips for every kind of father, yet there is one overarching message for ALL dads:  It is never too late to become the best dad you can be…because fatherhood is the most important role you will ever have.


Product Details:  Hardcover: 268 pages  Publisher: Regal (April 12, 2012)  
ISBN-10: 0830732078.  ISBN-13: 978-0830762071 Product Dimensions: 5.5 x 8.5


About the Author:
The Honorable GREGORY W. SLAYTON is an American author, businessman, diplomat, philanthropist and professor, but, more importantly, a father of four great kids. Born in Ohio, he grew up without a real father and then travelled the world studying fathers and fatherhood on five continents. Gregory now resides in Hanover, New Hampshire, with his wife and four children. He is the managing director of Slayton Capital, teaches on occasion at Dartmouth, Harvard and Stanford, and is also a Distinguished Visiting Professor of Leadership at UIBE Business School in Beijing, China.


Notable Quotes from Be a Better Dad Today:
Among my other roles so far I have been a CEO, a venture capitalist, an ambassador and an Ivy League professor. In every role I have ever had—even in roles in which I have won prestigious awards or achieved marked success—I knew there were others out there who would probably do as good a job, or maybe even a better one, than me. But in my job as a dad to my children, like all dads for their kids, I am literally irreplaceable. This is true for you as a dad as well (Chapter 1)

A Noble Family Vision is like a roadmap of what you and your family want to be like in 10 or 20 or 30 years. Having one can be the difference between getting there safe and sound…or not.  (Chapter 2)

Like any skilled workman, a father needs a strong set of reliable tools to help him complete his job. These are the Ten Tools of Fatherhood—and they are effective in every home in which they are put to work. (Chapter 3)

Fatherhood can be a lot of work, but it should also be a lot of fun. After all, you’re on the journey of a lifetime (quite literally) with the people you most love in the whole world. Having fun with your family every day doesn’t take lots of money or hours of free time. It just takes a willingness to enjoy the simple pleasures of life together and to celebrate the big things together as well. It also takes a conscious decision to put your family first each and every day.  (Chapter 3)