Book Reviews - Fathering

Fathering

Believing It All: What My Children Taught Me about Trout Fishing, JellyToast, and Life byMarc Parent (Little, Brown, and Company, 2001)

Dads and Daughters: How to Inspire, Understand and Support Your Daughterin a World That Pulls Her Away byJoe Kelly (Broadway Books, 2002)

FatherBirth: A Close Encounter of the Fourth Kind by John B.Franklin (Fatherbirth, 2001)

Father for Life: A Journey of Joy, Challenge, and Change by ArminA. Brott (Abbeville Press, 2003)

Fathering Right from the Start: Straight Talk About Pregnancy, Birth andBeyond by Jack Heinowitz (New World Library, 2001)

Father's Milk: Nourishment and Wisdom for the First-time Father byAndre Stein, PhD, with Peter Samu, MD (Capital Books, 2002)

Housebroken: Confessions of a Stay-at-Home Dad by David Eddie (The Berkley Publishing Group, 1999)

Pregnant Man: How Nature Makes Fathers Out of Men by GordonChurchwell (Quill, 2001)

Toolbox for New Dads offers fathers an education in everything from holding a baby to staying connected to your partner. In his aim to accept diverse parenting styles, Brott is somewhat watered-down in both the breastfeeding and cosleeping departments, at least from this reviewer's attachment-parenting perspective. However, the rest of the video offers solid advice, especially about sex and relationships. In a market with little good fathering material, this intelligent DVD is a pretty good find. (www.MrDad.com, 2006)
Reviewed by Melissa Chianta.
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