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Business Dad

How Good Businessmen Can Make Great Fathers (and Vice Versa)

Tom Hirschfeld and Julie Hirschfeld
Little, Brown US, 1999

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Many powerful, effective businessmen feel lost when it comes to raising their kids. As a result, some spend more time at the office, where they are confident and capable. To remedy this dilemma, Tom and Julie Hirschfeld, a husband-and-wife team, offer a class you won’t find in an M.B.A. program: Fatherhood 101. Presented as an executive briefing for a new assignment, Hirschfeld’s book teaches you to apply your business know-how to achieve parenting success. The concept is long overdue, though the book skims over the crucial topic of maintaining life-work balance and is prone to gender stereotypes. getAbstract recommends this handy guide to working fathers and fathers-to-be.

Take-Aways

  • If you are a good businessman, you have the potential to be an exceptional father.
  • Today’s fathers are more active in their families’ lives than fathers were before the 1960s.
  • Dads are not “second moms” – they provide certain things that moms can’t.

About the Authors

Tom Hirschfeld is a venture capitalist. He was previously the assistant to the mayor of New York. He has written two books about video games. Julie Hirschfeld, Ph.D, specializes in family therapy. They have two children.

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