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Meet the parenting guide that promises NOT to make you a better parent. Dive into Gone in 30 Seconds and navigate the treacherous waters of fatherhood, where every dad is just one sticky hand away from a meltdown (and we're not talking about the kids). Author Jason Banks, a self-proclaimed master of dad-dodging, serves up a hearty helping of humor, teaching fathers everywhere the art of sneaking in a little "me time", even if it’s in the most unexpected of places.

The key to success in your first year of fatherhood is also a key to success in life: keep it simple. This audiobook is a simple guide to what you really need to know during pregnancy and your baby’s first year.

What does “raising children right” even mean? What does it mean to raise kids the “right” way? The answers can be found in Positive Discipline for Kids, Parenting Skills for Mom and Dad. In this profoundly insightful guide to positive discipline, parents like you will diffuse temper tantrums before they blow up completely using a powerful temper tantrum cheat sheet; effectively handle your child’s mistakes without making them feel like they failed you or that they aren’t worthy of love; and more.

It's hard to be a dad. Most men aren't well prepared, and few have had good models to imitate. For Tim Delmont, the challenges of being a father intensified after his wife died unexpectedly at age 33, leaving him to raise their 10-week-old daughter and five-year-old son alone. With a warm, engaging voice, Tim describes the challenges he faced—including dealing with grief, finding caretaking help, and creating work-life balance. He shares his mistakes and joys as a fully engaged father and the lessons learned from his unpredictable, life-changing experience.

“Irishman dies from stubbornness, whiskey.” So began Christopher Clifford Connors’s obituary of a life that included hunting bears in Russia, inventing limo surfing, surviving a shipwreck, and training with Navy SEALs—for starters. At the end of 2016, Connors’s story captivated the world when the exploits of his sixty-seven years went viral.

In this data-driven birth book, award-winning childbirth writer and educator Henci Goer brings her 30-plus years of experience analyzing the obstetric research to the table, delivering the most thorough synthesis on the market. Yet she structures the book thoughtfully so you can take in information however suits you. Dig into every detail or skip to the summaries. Henci creates a judgment-free zone where you're in the driver's seat. You're the best person to decide what's right for you. Here's your opportunity to get the data. Make a plan. And take charge of your birth.

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.

Almost everyone yearns to know their parents more thoroughly before they die, to solve some of those lifelong mysteries. Maybe, just maybe, those answers will help you live your own life. But life doesn’t stop to wait. In his fifties, New Yorker writer Tad Friend is grappling with being a husband and a father as he tries to grasp who he is as a son. Torn between two families, he careens between two stages in life. On some days he feels vigorous, on the brink of greatness when he plays tournament squash.

This book will give you a head's up on all the defining moments you are guaranteed to experience as a parent. It'll warn you when your life is going to take a change of course and how your child is going to influence the choices you make, and it’ll give you some practical, knowing, sanity-saving methods of dealing with them. Each moment is headlined with a common scenario that dads have encountered down through generations - but that will still come as a shock to you for the first time.

Most child advocates agree that fatherlessness goes beyond the boundaries of race and socio-economic status - and is the root of almost every social ill faced by children in our society. Children from fatherless homes are more likely to live in poverty, become involved in drugs, alcohol abuse, and crime, drop out of school, and suffer from health and emotional problems. Without any real, lasting intervention, this cycle continues and expands from generation to generation - unless an individual does what it takes to stop it. Marvin Charles is living proof that this is possible.

This book was written for dads to learn how to create a positive influence in their 21st-century daughter’s life. I wrote this book for dads because I have firsthand experience of having a dad who encouraged me to be my best self. I know, without any doubt, that dads have a very critical role in their daughter's life.

Hurry Down Sunshine tells the story of the extraordinary summer when, at the age of 15, Michael Greenberg's daughter was struck mad. It begins with Sally's sudden visionary crack-up on the streets of Greenwich Village, and continues, among other places, in the out-of-time world of a Manhattan psychiatric ward during the city's most sweltering months.

This book is designed to give you the tools to communicate under high-pressure situations. Most people feel uncomfortable and struggle with communicating in tough settings. We will leave you with many answers to questions that you may have about how to communicate effectively in these kinds of situations.

This is a 30-Day devotional for new stay-at-home dads. Because after 30 days of being a stay-at-home anything you deserve a damn medal! Let this small devotional serve as a reminder to keep faith always and a physical manifestation of that medal stay-at-home dads truly deserve! Stay-at-home dads everywhere, I salute your service to your kids. Carry on, brave souls!

Writing with the same descriptive flair that has won his novels so much praise, W. D. Wetherell tells the true story of his high-school-age son's winning soccer season. Soccer Dad is simultaneously the candid reflections of a devoted father and the enthusiastic observations of a diehard soccer fan. When Matt enters his senior year of high school, it is not without myriad parenting concerns on the part of his father, author W. D. Wetherell. What is his role in shaping his son's future? What will life be like when Matt is away at college? And what of Matt's soccer season?

Marc Sedaka stood by while he and his wife endured endless rounds of drug therapies, 16 artificial inseminations, 10 in-vitro fertilizations, three miscarriages, and finally, a gestational surrogate (“womb for rent”) who carried their twin girls to term. He was as supportive and loving as he could be, but he really wished he'd had a book like What He Can Expect When She's Not Expecting during the process.

Following on the heels of his successful book on grandfatherhood (Grandpa Rules), veteran comedy writer Michael Milligan set his sights on the joys and stresses of fatherhood. A response to all those dad books full of empty platitudes and hokey lessons, Dad Rules is a book for the hip dad who can use a laugh (if not a drink) at the end of another trying day with his kids. A perfect gift for the dads in your life, this book is laugh-out-loud funny and offers useful insights and tips on how to embrace the world's greatest job.

Apprenez d'un parent expérimenté et d'un penseur profond comment améliorer vos compétences parentales. Vous devez faire beaucoup déjà droit, et le rôle parental n'est pas un travail facile, mais avec les avantages de la relation et les individus innombrables accomplissement ont pointé, il vaut le effort. De nombreux parents ont été intrigués par les limites, la gestion du temps et le contrôle.

Aprenda com um pai experiente e um pensador profundo como melhorar suas habilidades parentais. Você já deve estar fazendo muito bem, e ser mãe não é uma tarefa fácil, mas com as recompensas do relacionamento e a realização que inúmeras pessoas apontaram, vale a pena o esforço. Muitos pais ficaram intrigados com os limites, a administração do tempo e o controle. Se você passa a ser pai sem conhecimento prévio, ou se baseia todas as suas suposições e padrões no que seus pais lhe ensinaram, você cometerá alguns erros.

Aprenda de un padre experimentado y un pensador profundo sobre cómo mejorar sus habilidades de crianza. Ya debe estar haciendo mucho bien, y la crianza de los hijos no es un trabajo fácil, pero con las recompensas de relación y el cumplimiento que innumerables personas han señalado, vale la pena el esfuerzo. Muchos padres han quedado perplejos sobre los límites, la gestión del tiempo y el control. Si saltas a la paternidad sin ningún conocimiento previo, o basas todas tus suposiciones y patrones en lo que tus padres te enseñaron, seguramente cometerás algunos errores.