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The New Father

A Dad's Guide to the First Year

By (author) Armin A. Brott

£17.99

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  • An indispensable handbook on all aspects of fatherhood during the first 12 months
  • The New Father series is trusted by millions of dads nationwide
Full Description

The essential handbook for all things first-year father is now fully updated and revised. Not only will new dads get a month-by-month guide to their baby’s development, men reading The New Father will learn how they change, grow, and develop over the first twelve months of fatherhood. In each chapter, Brott focuses on What’s Going On with the Baby; What You’re Going Through; What’s Going On with Your Partner; You and Your Baby; Family Matters; and more. The latest research, as well as time-honoured wisdom–and humour, thanks to New Yorker cartoons and Brott’s light touch–make The New Father indispensable for the modern father who doesn’t want to miss a moment of his child’s first year.

What’s new?

  • How technology is changing fatherhood
  • Changing definitions of fatherhood
  • Changes in the way society deals with dads – from changing tables in public men’s rooms to workplace flexibilit
  • Research proving that a father’s love is just as important as a mother’s
  • How being an involved dad rewires a man’s brain
  • How changes in women’s roles in the family affect dads and their roles
  • Special concerns for: young dads, older dads, at-home dads, unmarried dads, dads in same-sex couples, dads in blended families, dads of kids with special needs, and men who became dads with the help of technology
  • The special impact dads have on girls and boys
  • Specific strategies dads can use to get – and stay – involved in their children’s lives
  • Updated resources for new fathers.

Not to mention new research and information on:

  • How to understand what your baby is telling you
  • Babies’ amazing abilities
  • Baby massage–they love it!
  • The latest on vaccinations and healthcare
  • And much, much more
About the Author

Armin A. Brott is the author of best-selling New Father series: The Expectant Father, The New Father: A Dad's Guide to the First Year, and The New Father: A Dad's Guide to the Toddler Years, 12-36 Months (new edition available May 2019). He is also author of The Military Father, Fathering Your School-Age Child, and The Single Father, among others. A noted parenting expert, Brott has written on fatherhood for his blog MrDad.com and such leading publications as The New York Times Magazine, Newsweek, Sports Illustrated, and Parenting. Host of 'Positive Parenting,' a weekly talk show, he lives with his family near San Francisco, California.

Specifications
Publisher
Abbeville Press
ISBN
9780789211767
Published
26th May 2015
Binding
Hardback
Territory
World excluding USA, Canada, Puerto Rico, and Australia
Size
228 mm x 152 mm
Pages
336 Pages
Illustrations
30 b&w
Name of series
The New Father
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