Attachment Fathering provides a window into the opportunity for secure attachment and sensitive paternal caregiving from birth onwards. The images are drawn from a rich multicultural mix following birth, during comforting, caretaking and play and provides touchpoints for sensitive fathering in response to his infant’s cues that will build the foundation for his infant’s secure attachment, exploration and learning. This instructional guide is about the central role that fathers provide in raising happy healthy children. Involved responsible fathering during infancy has positive and far-reaching effects on learning, peer relations and self-image. The key driver of Attachment Fathering is to connect fathers to their children from birth onwards.

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"Attachment Fathering reflects the vital role fathers play in the lives of their children. It can help motivate fathers to
become involved, nurturing caregivers from the moment their children enter this world."

- National Fatherhood Initiative

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"A daddy-motivating guide to nurturant fathering from a child’s birth through infancy and its far-reaching benefits, which are central to developing happy, healthy children."

- Publishers Weekly, April 29th 2019
"Attachment Fathering is impressively informed and informative, thoroughly 'reader friendly' in organization and presentation, "Attachment Fathering" is a unique and truly extraordinary and inspiring instructional guide that is unreservedly recommended reading for all new fathers. While very highly recommended, especially for community library Parenting collections, it should be noted for personal reading lists that "Attachment Fathering" is also available in a digital book format (Kindle, $1.95)."

- Midwest Book Review, November 18th 2018
"Attachment Fathering rescues fatherhood and manhood that seems to be fading away. It brings encouragement to new and experienced fathers."

- Orlando J. Addison, International Award-Winning Author
"The pictures in Attachment Fathering show the strong positive emotions that occur between fathers and their children. Fathers will see themselves in those pictures, providing sensitive caregiving for their children"

- Diane E. Willie, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology, Dean of Research Indiana University Southeast
"Attachment Fathering is a parental guide written, and with photography, by Neena Roumell, Ph.D. Roumell’s photographs and text celebrate the intimate relationships enjoyed by fathers and their infants from childbirth on. Her pictures are privy to those special moments when parents and baby first meet, and she helps the reader focus upon the type of communication seen between father and child. Her photographs capture the expressions on newborns’ faces as they interact with their dads. She discusses how having Dad be a familiar presence in those first few days can set the tone for a lifelong relationship between father and child. Likewise, the shared experiences of care-giving, including feeding, changing diapers and play can help fathers understand the cues their baby is giving as it expresses its needs, desires and feelings. Attachment Fathering is an gorgeous and inspirational look at fathering at its best. Her book demonstrates beautifully the role dads can have during the first year of their child’s life. Attachment Fathering is most highly recommended."

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