Rapprochement Between Fathers and Sons

Breakdowns, Reunions, Potentialities

Louis Rothschild
Karnac
296 pages
ISBN: 9781800132382
November 2023

This book serves as a critique of gendered rigidity, where a case is made for a social surround that declares mutual vulnerability to exist in a state of permanent inquiry and relational curiosity. Such openness can function to aid parents, clinicians, and respective community members to privilege the development of increased frustration tolerance. By extension, a good-enough father is one who recognizes breakdown, a need for refueling, and possesses and practices a willingness to encounter uneven rhythms in human dimensions.