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Michael Chabon, author of The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay, Manhood for Amateurs and Moonglow, returns with a collection of heartfelt, humorous and insightful essays on the meaning of fatherhood. You are born into a family, and those are your people, and they know you and they love you, and if you are lucky they even, on occasion, manage to understand you. And that ought to be enough. But it is never enough.

If you want to effectively support your partner during pregnancy and strengthen your relationship and mental health, keep reading... If you're going to be a dad, congratulations, that's awesome! That said, if you worry about this life-changing experience negatively affecting your mental health, you'd be right to. Recent statistics show that up to 50 percent of all new dads experience depression if their partner gets postnatal depression. Are you concerned your little blessing might drive a baby-shaped wedge between you?

Sleep and potty training are two of your worst nightmares in quick succession. Sleep deprivation is real, and there isn’t a single parent out there who doesn’t know it. The problem is, the more you struggle to get enough sleep yourself, the more daunting sleep training becomes. And when you do finally nail it (and you’re in the right place to find out exactly how it’s done), you might breathe a sigh of relief, only to realize that it’s just a matter of months before you have the next battle ahead of you: potty training.

Primarily aimed at first-time fathers, this guidebook not only helps men understand the process they go through when dealing with pregnancy but also shows them how they can participate in positive ways. Author Pratik Patil offers information and advice that doesn't appear in other pregnancy guides. The main purpose of this book is to help men help their wives during pregnancy and also to teach them how to take care of their own physical and mental health in their journey into pregnancy.

The adventure starts now! A challenge has gone out, asking more from you as a man and father. Are you ready to take that challenge and become an empowered father? To successfully navigate this new journey and become an empowered father, you will need to challenge yourself to reach new heights. On this journey, you will: Identify with your goals and vision, draw on the relationship for your powerful foundation as a father, connect with and manage your emotional experience, learn to communicate like a hero, and so much more!

Fishing was Mark Hume’s passion since he was a young boy, a lifeline through a childhood marked by his family’s frequent moves. When he became a father, he knew he wanted to pass on his love of water, fishing, and the natural world to his daughters. Most of all, he wanted to give them hope for their future. As soon as they were old enough, Mark taught his girls how to read the water and see the patterns in nature. He discovered that fly fishing and fatherhood require many of the same skills: patience, flexibility, and the knowledge of when to reel in and when to let go.

Misfit, truant, delinquent. John Robison was never a model child, and he wasn’t a model dad either. Diagnosed with Asperger’s syndrome at the age of 40, he approached fatherhood as a series of logic puzzles and practical jokes. When his son, Cubby, asked, “Where did I come from?” John said he’d bought him at the Kid Store and that the salesman had cheated him by promising Cubby would “do all chores”. He read electrical engineering manuals to Cubby at bedtime.

It begins immediately. There’s no transition period, no trial run, no supervised training, no e-learning module, and no simulation. As soon as the midwife hands you your newborn baby, you are responsible for keeping it alive. Picking up moments after Dear Dory ends, Dear Arlo: Adventures in Dadding continues the story of one dad and his journal as he strives to survive the first year of parenthood, blundering his way through bottle-sterilizing, night feeds, and some cataclysmic nappy changes—all while a pandemic sweeps across the planet.

A Father's Heart collects stories and songs by singer/songwriter Ray Weaver into a multimedia package that includes nine songs that relate to the stories of family, life, and love included in the collection. From heartfelt recollections of Christmases past to rollicking days of hunting wild refrigerators, A Father's Heart looks at parents, grandparents, wives, husbands and, of course, children with tenderness, humour, and above all, love.

This book encourages men to father with the knowledge that they are vitally important to the futures of their children. National speaker Michael Byron Smith discusses the implications of a fatherless home, the challenges of parenting, and the hierarchy of fathers. There are absent fathers, present yet uninvolved fathers, authoritative fathers, loving fathers, teaching fathers, and many more.

You're excited, you're enthusiastic...and you're just a little bit nervous. Don't worry—all new dads and first-time dads feel this way. Discover how to prepare yourself for success. Pregnancy and a new baby is a scary concept to new fathers, but imagine if there was some sort of a new dad's survival guide or a first-time dad's pregnancy handbook? Something that gave the best pregnancy tips for dads and offered a way to win at parenting? Let's call it the New Dad Playbook to Win at Parenting!

From uninitiated parents-to-be to those who know the ropes in families large or small, everyone will find something to relate to in Simon's hilarious and chaotic tales of his own home life. His observations of being a father have delighted his hundreds of thousands of followers on Instagram: before now dads are often the forgotten ones who carry the luggage, open stiff jars, take photos on holiday, fix broken bikes, go back to work, do the night feeds and make a mean beans on toast with melted cheese without so much as a pat on the back.

Sleep Training for Babies: Here’s the perfect solution if you want to enjoy quality sleep every night and help your newborn develop healthy sleeping habits. Is your baby constantly waking up throughout the night? Contrary to popular belief, this doesn’t have to be your new reality! Not only will you be able to get more quality sleep, but your children will develop a good sleeping routine. This audiobook will help you understand the science behind quality sleep and sleep training. It offers practical tips and tricks that are easy to apply and maintain!

Take your parenting game to the next level with positive discipline! Do you question your parenting skills whenever your toddler throws a tantrum? Does bedtime feel like an uphill battle? Do you want to raise a happy and confident child? Positive parenting provides you with all the right tools you need to raise a happy, confident, and well-behaved child. Positive parenting is a simple concept that focuses on positive discipline. Remember, there are no bad children; it all boils down to behaviors.

Celebrated for both his novels and memoirs, Don J. Snyder is also the recipient of a James Michener Fellowship. A story of love and dedication, Walking with Jack chronicles Snyder’s dream to caddie for his son Jack's pro golf tour debut. At nearly 60, Snyder left Maine for Scotland - the birthplace of golf - where he learned the game and earned his spot as a full-time caddie. His journey would finally coincide with Jack’s own struggles in one of the PGA’s toughest qualifying events.

Congratulations! You’re about to begin a transformative journey. Here’s how to fully prepare and make it a wondrous experience for you, your wife, and your new baby.

You hold your son in your arms for the first time. As you look at his perfect hands and fingers, he grabs onto your thumb. You smile as tears start streaming down your face. You can’t believe this moment has come; the moment you can finally hold your son in your arms. “I will never let you go”, you start to tell your son, “I promise, I will always be there for you. I promise to do whatever I can to help you succeed”.

Embark on an extraordinary journey into the depths of fatherhood, where raw emotions, uncharted territories, and boundless love collide. Discover the ultimate guide that will transform you from an anxious first-time father to a confident and empowered man ready to embrace the adventure of a lifetime!

Moms have hundreds of parenting advice books willing to tackle the more cringe-inducing questions of parenthood. But what about books for the other half of the equation: the dads? Man vs. Child is a funny, fresh take on the parenting guide, written from the dad's perspective. Author and popular Upright Citizens Brigade performer Doug Moe knows first-time fathers are as worried about being terrible at their new terrifying jobs as new moms are.

In 2005, Dan Bucatinsky and his partner, Don Roos, found themselves in an L.A. delivery room, decked out in disposable scrubs from shower cap to booties, to welcome their adopted baby girl - launching their frantic yet memorable adventures into fatherhood. Two and a half years later, the same birth mother - a heroically generous, pack-a-day teen with a passion for Bridezilla marathons and Mountain Dew - delivered a son into the couple’s arms.