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Becoming a Father: How to Nurture and Enjoy Your Family (Sears, William, Growing Family Series.) |  | Author: William Sears
Publisher: La Leche League International
Category: Book
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Seller: internationalbooks
Rating:  8 reviews
Sales Rank: 286627
Media: Paperback
Edition: 2
Pages: 242
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.7
Dimensions (in): 8.4 x 5.3 x 0.7
ISBN: 0912500964
Dewey Decimal Number: 306.8742
EAN: 9780912500966
ASIN: 0912500964
Publication Date: June 2, 2003
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This book, written especially for the often-neglected male half of the parenting team, is a father's guide to making wise investments in his children and family. In BECOMING A FATHER, author Dr. William Sears shares his own story of maturing into fatherhood, discovering the joys of being an involved dad, and weathering the changes that children bring to a marriage. This book discusses the father's role during childbirth, different ways a father can interact and bond with his child, discipline, balancing the demads of a job with the needs of a family, and more! New information in this revised edition includes additional information for families where both parents work along with updated information on support during childbirth, co-sleeping, and breastfeeding. Dr. Sears understands the concerns and conflicts of both fathers and mothers. Reading this book will help both partners understand each other better as they share the important work of raising children.
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 Great Book Then, Great Book Now. January 23, 2010
R. L. Root (Tucson, Az.)
24 years ago I was given this book by the La Leche League of Tucson Arizona. I purchased this book for the father to be of my daughters child. I hope he reads it and gains all the great info that I did.
Very practical and helpful!!! April 15, 2008
JBS. (Minnesota)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Both my husband and I read this book before our first child was born. We both found it to be very practical, hands-on, and informative. Many parenting books give the same information over and over and it tends to be "common knowledge" if you are halfway educated. This book provided new ideas for bonding and involving the father in the child's relationship. As a breastfeeding mother, I especially appreciated his detailed advice and guidance for the father on how to support a nursing mom and baby. I am a licensed parent educator and I will reference this book for infant parenting classes. In regards to the "A Customer" review that felt the book was sexist and unsupportive of homosexuality - I disgree. Perhaps the quotes are taken out of context, because I am very liberal and open-minded and I NEVER got that feeling after reading the book many times now.
 Informative... but dated March 26, 2008
Rick
Great book for a father. I'm sure it was tops in the eighties when it was still able to relate to the social styles of the era... I gained some insight but felt like there is more to learn from a newer book....
A practical "what to do" manual August 11, 2003
Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA)
5 out of 7 found this review helpful
Now in a newly revised edition, Becoming A Father: How To Nurture And Enjoy Your Family by physician and author William Sears is an informational guide and a practical "what to do" manual written especially for fathers, and concerns everything from what a man should do during his wife's labor and childbirth; to proper discipline of young ones ranging from toddler through teens; coping with the demands children place on upon a marriage; balancing family and career needs; being a role model, and more. Becoming A Father is enthusiastically recommended reading for new and "about to be" fathers, and has much to recommended it to veteran fathers (and even grandfathers!).
The ONLY Book My Husband Read August 31, 2002
24 out of 32 found this review helpful
Yes indeed. Why? I do not know. But, my husband read this book cover to cover. It was the ONLY book he read to prepare for the birth of our daughter.His issue, and mine, has a lot to do with Dr. Sears' consistently characterizing Dad as "helper", someone secondary in importance to Mom and incapable of being motherly. His writing style is kind of folksy if you like that. If you are really liberal and politically correct,you will not appreciate this book or this man for that reason and for the way
you may perceive his views on gender identity and development in children. If words like conservative, traditional are anathema to you, leave the book on the shelf.
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