Todd Patkin and we share a lot of the same philosophy about the importance of dads. It was fun to get a chance to ask him some questions that get at the heart of some of the themes in his new book. Q: You’ve written an important book that touches on an important aspect of parenting, Finding Happiness: One Man’s Quest to Beat Depression and Anxiety and—Finally—Let the Sunshine … [Read more...] about Five Minutes with Todd Patkin, Author of Finding Happiness
Books
On our Desk: Daddy Dates by Greg Wright
We've been reading Greg Wright's new book, Daddy Dates: 4 Daughters, 1 Clueless Dad and His Quest to Win Their Hearts. Daddy Dates outlines Wright's experience and advice on how to develop real relationships with your daughters as they enter their tween and teen years. His advice: Get off the phone, take time to be with them, and let them talk." Daddy Dates We like all books … [Read more...] about On our Desk: Daddy Dates by Greg Wright
On My Desk: Faith of a Child, stories of becoming and being dad
I just had a chance to read Faith of a Child, a new book by Stefan Lanfer. At a 160 pages, it's a quick read, but densely packed with the little moments from pregnancy and early baby wrangling that will be meaningful to anyone who has had or is having the experience. Written in a kind of Haiku-style, with sentences that break rhythmically yet are written in something more … [Read more...] about On My Desk: Faith of a Child, stories of becoming and being dad
Four Golf Books for Dads
For a lot of fathers, the Sunday of Father's Day means taking time to be away from the kids to play golf. This, I find, is more than a littte sad. Of all the loves I had before kids, golf was probably the hardest to give up in order to spend time with my family, but I've never mourned it enough to spend more than a few Sundays away. Six to eight hours out of a weekend was … [Read more...] about Four Golf Books for Dads
On our desk: Dude, You’re Gonna be a Dad
Dude, You're Gonna be a Dad (How to get both of you through the next 9 months), joins a pantheon of dad pregnancy books. This is a good thing. Dads need to know how other dads live pregnancy and childbirth, and the havoc it wreaks on the "normal" life before kids. This is less a tongue-in-cheek book than one of our favorites, What to Expect when SHE's Expecting, but it is very … [Read more...] about On our desk: Dude, You’re Gonna be a Dad