I couldn't go through the whole thing. I expected there to be ideas or thoughts on how to communicate. The messages are upbeat and encouraging in nature and would be perfect as a gentle push every morning. I do not recommend reading it all at once. The book is a collection of vague text messages sent from a father to his daughter. It might be just me, but I felt the text messages lecture-like in their lack of specificity. They didn't pertain to any special circumstance. The book would be perfect for someone looking for it. I just expected something different and was therefore let down.

A great book for any parent who wants a better relationship with their teen. It takes an out of the box idea and makes it work. I was excited to read this one and it didn’t disappoint at all.

Norman Holden wants to find a better way to reconnect with his adult daughter. His daughter is always on her phone so he gets the brilliant idea to communicate through texting. I was really rooting for this father to succeed and find a better way to reach his daughter who had started to pull away from the family. Unfortunately, although the idea was great, the execution was a failure. The book lists every text he sends his daughter every day for months. Texts filled with great advice and wisdom but that unfortunately fail to make a personal connection. Although the father fails, this was a great book to learn from. Norman learned some really good lessons on communication and so do his readers.

I wanted to read this because I have an absent father who tried to reach me when I was depressed, but this book didn't work for me. The father's tone was too much like a Facebook ad and prefabricated sentences that I think are unhelpful to someone depressed. Do better? No sir, that person is already feeling guilty and not worthy because they cannot un-depress themself and this doesn't help. This is justification for absent parents.