"For the first time ever we talked about religion. I never imagined he was such a deep, insightful person.  I was thoroughly intrigued by what he was telling me. Yesterday I told him how much our talk meant to me."

"Now I see that my father isn’t just a bald guy who teaches law and always has his head stuck in a book. I have so much to learn from him even at my age."

"I always knew that my parents had a baby who had died before I was born. I never thought I should ask about it. But finally I did after reading Nielsen’s book. I had never heard my dad talk like he did that night with me. I could see the hurt in his eyes and hear the shakiness in his voice—even after so many years. As we were talking, I realized that I have believed those negative stereotypes about fathers that Dr. Nielsen writes about in her book.  I was so wrong about my dad."

"Before I read this book, I didn’t think my dad and I had much to improve on. I was so wrong. I have started getting to know him as a person, and we’re actually talking like two grown-ups."

"I only thought about my father in terms of how his actions affected me – not how I affected him. I never thought about him as a person with his own dreams & his own problems having nothing to do with me."

"I’d always thought of him as a prude. But now that I’m finally taking the time to ask him personal questions, I see a very different man in there."

"I suppose I had not fully dethroned my father. I wanted him to be perfect so I never wanted to know much about his life. But now I am able to see him more realistically and love him all the more. "

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