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| Acknowledgments | |
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| Why Bother? | |
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| Is This Book for You? | |
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| Is It Too Late? | |
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| Why Listen to Me? | |
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| Your Relationship: The Far-Reaching Impact | |
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| Four Foolish Beliefs | |
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| Why Try Again? | |
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| Five Reasons Not to Read This Book | |
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| Blinding, Binding Beliefs: Fathers Do Matter! | |
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| Damaging Beliefs | |
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| The Media: Demeaning and Denigrating Dads | |
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| Your Family's Beliefs | |
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| The Impact of Your Family's Beliefs | |
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| The Tricksters: Beliefs, Memory, and Perception | |
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| So Now What? | |
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| Why Fathers Matter | |
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| Daughters' Impact on Their Fathers | |
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| African American Fathers | |
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| Internet Resources | |
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| Communicating: We Can Do Better Than This | |
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| Your Emotional Intelligence | |
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| Are Men Blockheads? | |
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| Feeling Less Afraid | |
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| Advice or Interference? | |
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| Dealing With Anger | |
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| Emotional Blackmail | |
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| Asking for Change | |
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| Accepting Me for Myself | |
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| Dads with Critical or Rejecting Daughters | |
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| Movies as Catalysts | |
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| Is It Worth It? | |
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| Getting to Know Each Other | |
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| Knowing You, Not Just Loving You | |
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| Bad News for Dads and Daughters | |
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| Equal Opportunity Fathers and Daughters | |
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| Spending Time Together | |
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| Meaningful Questions | |
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| Biracial Daughters | |
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| How to Discuss "It" | |
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| Discussing Your Relationship | |
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| Lies and Deception | |
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| Apologizing and Forgiving | |
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| Is It Worth It? | |
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| Work and Money: Minefields and Misunderstandings | |
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| Men's Money, Women's Love | |
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| Damaging Myths: Demeaning Our Dads | |
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| Dad's Job: Impact on Daughters | |
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| College Years: Banking on Dad | |
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| Daughter's Career Plans | |
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| Mothers: Father Friendly or Not? | |
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| Idealizing Mothers | |
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| Father-Friendly Mothers | |
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| The Sacrificing Martyr Mom | |
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| The Jealous Mom | |
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| Happily Married-or Not! | |
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| Strengthening Your Bond | |
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| Divorce and Remarriage: Resolving, Renewing, Repairing | |
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| Who Pays the Price? | |
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| Demoralizing and Demeaning Divorced Dads | |
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| What Dads and Daughters Want-But Rarely Get | |
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| Money-The Never Ending Battle | |
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| Mother: Dad's Ally? | |
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| African American Dads: Baby's Mama Drama | |
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| Dad Remarries: Oh Happy Days! | |
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| The Blame Game: Lousy Husband, Lousy Father? | |
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| Reconnecting: Starting Over | |
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| What to Say? | |
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| Sex: Let's Stop Pretending | |
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| Checkups: What Do You Believe? | |
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| The Fear Factor | |
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| Damaging Beliefs About Dads | |
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| The College Years | |
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| Dad's Sexuality | |
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| Privacy or Deception? | |
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| Dad's Approval | |
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| Handling Your Differences | |
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| Moving Forward | |
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| Reconciling or Letting Go | |
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| Barriers to Reconciling | |
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| Dads Who Leave, Daughters Who Grieve | |
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| So Now What? | |
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| Notes | |
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| Index | |