Fatherhood: Rising to the Ultimate Challenge”

NBA athlete father of three brings together other professionals about importance of fatherhood.

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NBA player poet children’s advocate and devoted dad Thomas speaks about the importance of children. He brings together revered professional athletes and coaches actors and artists politicians and faith leaders to weigh in on the importance of being a father in our nation. (distributor)”He was chosen by the Obama Administration to participate in President Obama’s town hall meetings on fatherhood. Etan lives with his wife and three children in Maryland.”Be there. Those seven letters encompass the tao of fatherhood.” –Etan Thomas In “Fatherhood ” beloved NBA player poet youth advocate and devoted dad Etan Thomas speaks from his heart on what matters most in his life: being there for his children. As a highly respected player in the NBA and a leading participant in President Obama’s Fatherhood Initiative Etan has reached out to young men (often young fathers) in the juvenile detention system and in local communities. He knows firsthand the difference having a father in your life every day can make–and as a father of three Etan walks the talk in his own life. Now he brings together a chorus of voices–highly revered professional athletes and coaches actors and performing artists politicians and leaders of faith–to weigh in on the importance of being a father in our nation today. Isaiah Washington Howard Dean Kareem Abdul Jabbar Taye Diggs Malcolm-Jamal Warner Tony Hawk Al Sharpton Chuck D and many more share what they’ve learned from being a father having a father or in some cases not having a father around.Through these inspiring personal experiences Etan and the men he’s gathered together hope to share the message that by standing up and taking an active role as fathers men not only find their own lives more joyful and fulfilling–they pass on to the next generation an unshakable legacy of love wisdom responsibility and strength.”(publisher)
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291 pages

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