Relationships Matter

A memorable guidebook for fathers to help them create a new adventure with their married daughters.

Standing at the altar giving their little girl away begins a new day and the need for a new way for fathers to relate to their daughters. Robert Wolgemuth, author of the best-selling She Calls Me Daddy, reminds fathers of the important role they still play while offering insight as to how it must change in the next chapter of their girls' lives. Topics cover seven relational issues:

• Protection
• Conversation
• Affection
• Discipline
• Laughter
• Faith
• Conduct

Includes thoughts on an ongoing relationship as well as on becoming a granddaddy. Discussion questions provide a great opportunity for personal or group study.

User Reviews about She Still Calls Me Daddy: Building a New Relationship with Your Daughter After You Walk Her Down the Aisle

Good book to make dads aware of his new relationship with his newly married daughter and son-in-law. Very enjoyable writing style with down home stories and real emotions. Humanizes and normalizes the emotions dads feel when their "little girl" becomes someone's wife. Also provides insights on how to develop relationship with dad's new son-in-law. Rare book to cover this kind of topic. My daughter just got married and someone suggested this book and it helped me to deal and understand the emotions I was experiencing. Appreciate author sharing his experience and helping other dads to process their emotions. -- For dads to be aware of changes in relationships

If this book applies to you --- as daughter or dad --- click and order it right now. This is not a book that will disappoint you later; you'll treasure this volume and read it often. Go ahead and make the purchase!

We've given away three of these (um, daughters, not books) and also performed all three wedding ceremonies. Like veterans of Disney theme parks, this is a roller-coaster ride we've learned to celebrate and enjoy --- not fear. Yes there are ups and downs to it; that's why seatbelts were invented. Buckle up.

Wolgemuth captures the father's perspective very clearly. Despite differences of temperament and personality, dads are dads. Here the author nails the emotional state of the father at this proud, frightening, life-changing moment. Very well done.

He's also good at helping us with the daughter's perspective. You'll value his wisdom here if you're a dad. If you're a daughter, you'll appreciate him for getting a lot of things out in the open; things you may have wanted to say yourself.

Did we mention? This is not a book that will disappoint you. Daughters, buy one for your dad. Wives, buy one for your husband. This is a book you'll return to at various times during the coaster ride, so keep it nearby.

Five stars for a well-written treasure.

Dr. David Frisbie
The Center for Marriage & Family Studies
Author of "The Soul-Mate Marriage" and 10 other books
Three-Time Rookie Father of the Bride -- Giving and Receiving: A Father's Journey

What I Liked: I'm a mom of a 3yo, so I was amazed at how much I personally enjoyed this book. Full of practical advice, it made me not only think about my dad's role in my life and my husband's role in our daughter's life, but also about my own role in life.

Take the New Normals for Everyone chapter. I definitely came with a different set of normals than my husband. Do I need to relook at that and adjust some of them? Normal isn't necessarily right, you know.

And the subject of remodeling our identity. Well, I'm still trying to remodel my identity as a mom - knowing that it'll change again and keep changing as my girl grows up. It was interesting to see the divorce statistics for people whose children are grown. Lots of good advice in that chapter.

I appreciated the advice for parents to encourage their children to keep their problems to themselves. I have seen so many family issues result from people complaining about their spouses to their families. The marriage recovers, but the family relationships may never recover.

Definitely a recommended read for dads at all stages...

What I Didn't Like: Nothing. It's well-written, organized, full of examples, and lots of good advice. I have no reservations in recommending this to fathers of brides.

One thing that is not in the book, though, is what to do when the marriage fails. The dad's responsibility is to uphold and safeguard his daughter's marriage, but she DOES make her own choices. What if she makes a bad choice? Perhaps the topic of another book... -- Definitely Recommended

As a woman who married over a dozen years ago, I wondered if this would be a helpful book for me. It is book dealing in a very touchy subject, how Daddy deals with his little girl after she is a wife. I was an independent woman before I getting married, but one with a strong connection to my family that still exists today. Robert Wolgemuth suggests using seven steps of protection, conversation, affection, discipline, laughter, faith, and conduct do deal with this new woman.

Wolgemuth tells that Dad needs to focus on building a new relationship with his daughter. There needs to be a relationship of support for her marriage and her new family. Dad needs to understand that the little girl is now a grown woman who is an adult. Together with her husband, she will make the decisions that will affect her. Dad can be there to be supportive, but not expect to be the primary male in her life.

This book gives simple, logical steps for Dad to follow. I was a bit concerned about the book, but found he did have some common sense ideas for all families on how to function when someone joins the family.

Martha is a member of the Thomas Nelson Book Reviewers Blog [...] -- a good read for any relationship building

She Still Calls Me Daddy by Robert Wolgemuth

Robert writes about being a father and a parent to your child, specifically your daughter after she is a married woman. He goes through the different aspects of that relationship, from giving advice to her to how as her parent's, the father and mother should be setting a godly example for her and her husband.
I LOVE THIS BOOK!!! I know this was written from a father's perspective to his daughter(s). I know this was written for fathers to read. But as a daughter who is married and has children of my own, it was a very informative and enlightening and inspirational book. Robert Wolgemuth brought in a very strong Biblical basis, while incorporating his own life experiences. I would definitely recommend this book to all parents out there with older children, little children, grandchildren. I would love to read his first book, "She Calls Me Daddy."
-- Amazing Book for All Parents!!!!