Reviews
Praise for The Dad Connection
The Dad Connection is a touchstone in my role as the father of an adopted son. Whenever I face a challenging moment as a parent, I turn to Scott’s practical advice for building a long-lasting relationship with my son. It works!”
William Lennertz
A personal and endearing story of growth between father/dad and sons. Lessons are based on deep reflections with regard to service, love and respect and much more…unconditional love and fulfillment of personal responsibility. This story easily swept me to reflect on my relationship with my daughter.”
Dan Eyink, MD, DABMA
Scott Hanley’s book is an insightful account of parenting and loving. Above all, Scott teaches his children and us to love fully and without fear. The reader is enlightened as to the importance and path for raising children with a bond beyond words and action that lasts a lifetime, long after they leave our daily embrace.”
Lauren Tietsort, Director of Individual Giving, OMSI
What I loved about this book was the honesty that the author shares with his readers. He takes his own experiences with his two boys and makes the experience tangible and real and allows others to learn from his successes and from his failures. The book looks at how as a father you can work on making lasting connections with your children which should be the hope of every father (In my humble opinion).”
Dad of Divas blog
Sheds a glowing light on how to connect with our children. His unique experience raising two boys in a complicated world gives the reader and insightful book on rewarding ways to enrich the relationship between fathers and sons. A great read.”
Tod Breslau, Business Owner
The Dad Connection offers parent thoughtful and positive advice on how to modify our own actions and reactions to build meaningful and connected relationships with our children. With clear and simple principles, real-life examples, and practical applications, it is a must-have resource for parents who want to do better, but don’t know how.”
Beven Byrnes, Principal and Executive Director, Bridges Middle School
A gem of a book on the foundations of child-centered parenting, and the spiritual gifts it provides to both parent and child. Applying these principles will build a deeper and more fulfilling relationship with your children over the course of your lifetime together.”
Gwen Cody, LCSW
Thank you so much for the gift of your wonderful book! I am so touched by your kindness. What a beautiful gift you have given fathers everywhere! ”
Portland-area Mom
I picked up your book, Scott, with this morning’s coffee and thought how much my children and I have missed out on relationship because of circumstances, wondering if it’s too late, reading that it isn’t. In fact, I had long Saturday morning chats with them today and the focus of finding out what it is they need in their interesting, oft-confusing young lives facilitated our sharing and added a depth to our once-weekly talks that we aren’t always able to get to. Thank you.”
Portland-area Dad
Although this book was aimed toward parenting, the basis here would work in any and all relationships we involve ourselves in. The Dad Connection is a sincere manual of how one man learned to treasure and reach out to the ones he loved most. The lessons included in this book would go a long way in healing what is wrong with our society. Were we all to focus on loving and respecting those we interact with every day, what a wonderful world it could be.”