This week for the These Dads Are Doing It Right series I am looking to share a few books on fatherhood. These books can help dads. These books are great present ideas for new dads. In addition, if there are any other dads that you think we should check out, leave their name and info in the comment section below.
Books That Can Help Dads
From Dude to Dad: The Diaper Dude Guide to Pregnancy
Dude, relax; you’re going to be fine. But it wouldn’t hurt to get a few pointers. Therefore you can get a road map of what lies ahead. That’s what this book is for. From Dude to Dad gives you the need-to-know essentials on pregnancy, birthing, and parenthood, and how it’s okay to be scared out of your mind. You’ll learn what the expecting mom is going through during each trimester, how you can be the best partner and dad-to-be, and how to immediately start bonding with baby. Be prepared for the arrival that will ultimately change your life in the best way possible.
The New Dad’s Survival Guide: Man-to-Man Advice for First-time Fathers
The New Dad’s Survival Guide is a manual for new dads that deciphers the immensely confusing world of fatherhood. In addition the book gives crucial tips and advice from a man’s point of view. No psychobabble, no warm fuzzies. It is just a hilarious and practical military-style guide to surviving and thriving. The book covers the queasiest moments of pregnancy, birth, and babyhood. Seasoned father and master infant-tamer Scott Mactavish breaks the Baby Code down and lays it out in straight-up guyspeak.
10 Things Great Dads Do: Strategies for Raising Great Kids
Great dads raise great kids who tend to be happier, healthier, and more successful in life. But men sometimes struggle with how to go about being that great dad, especially if their own fathers were not positive role models. Fathering expert Rick Johnson offers men ten practical strategies to become the dads they want to be. He helps dads help their kids find the humor in life, surround their family with healthy friends and role models and communicate clearly with their children. Every father can be a great dad. This clear and to-the-point book gives them the tools they need to do it well.
52 Things Sons Need from Their Dads: What Fathers Can Do to Build a Lasting Relationship
Bestselling author Jay Payleitner is a dad of four grown sons and one amazing daughter. His book gives you a bucketful of man-friendly ideas on how build a father-and-son relationship. He writes about showing your boy why it’s good to be a guy and how to demonstrate how to treat women well. In addition, he shares how to teach him to work hard and have fun, often at the same time and show him how to live with honesty and self-respect. These 52 quick-to-read chapters offer great ways to relate or spend time as dad and son. And each idea provides a new building block for a father-son relationship that will help your boy along the path to becoming a man.