: If He Wants To Marry My Daughter Bauchan Jr., Voddie creator text Crossway Books 2009 monographic What will you say when that certain young man sits down in your living room, sweaty-palmed & tongue-tied, and asks permission to marry your daughter? What criteria should he meet before the two of them join together for life? God has given us a clear picture of the role of the husband/father in the home. The author breaks this picture down into ten desirable qualities. Not only should parents of young women seek these qualities in a son-in-law, but parents of young men should strive to cultivate these qualities in their sons