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DAD: Untold stories of Fatherhood, Love, Mental Health and Masculinity
DAD is a deeply moving and inspiring collection of stories that represent the diversity of modern fatherhood and seeks to start a conversation that challenges the traditions associated with masculinity.
Including 20 powerful and defiant stories about postnatal depression, becoming a new dad during the pandemic, miscarriage, widowhood, stillbirth, co-parenting, childbirth trauma, work-life balance, new dads at work, shared parental leave, being a stay-at-home dad, gay fatherhood and surrogacy, being a stepdad, black fatherhood, raising child of dual heritage, being a single dad, faith and fatherhood, raising a child with autism, gender stereotypes and more.
Each chapter will take you on a journey; you will be immersed in that dad’s world. Underlying each of the dad’s stories is a persistent and driving force of love, defiance, humility and strength to be the best fathers they can be for their families.
This is a ground-breaking book. A movement. Never before have a group of men come together to bare their souls and speak so openly and honestly about their fatherhood experiences. This book aims to encourage better dialogue between colleagues, friends, and especially within families; between husbands and wives, brothers and sisters, dads and children.
Our call to action is for more open conversations, like the ones you are about to read.
#WeAreDad
DAD is a compilation of stories from MusicFootballFatherhood.com (MFF). MFF, founded by Elliott Rae, is the UK’s most exciting parenting & lifestyle platform for men.
Including 20 powerful and defiant stories about postnatal depression, becoming a new dad during the pandemic, miscarriage, widowhood, stillbirth, co-parenting, childbirth trauma, work-life balance, new dads at work, shared parental leave, being a stay-at-home dad, gay fatherhood and surrogacy, being a stepdad, black fatherhood, raising child of dual heritage, being a single dad, faith and fatherhood, raising a child with autism, gender stereotypes and more.
Each chapter will take you on a journey; you will be immersed in that dad’s world. Underlying each of the dad’s stories is a persistent and driving force of love, defiance, humility and strength to be the best fathers they can be for their families.
This is a ground-breaking book. A movement. Never before have a group of men come together to bare their souls and speak so openly and honestly about their fatherhood experiences. This book aims to encourage better dialogue between colleagues, friends, and especially within families; between husbands and wives, brothers and sisters, dads and children.
Our call to action is for more open conversations, like the ones you are about to read.
#WeAreDad
DAD is a compilation of stories from MusicFootballFatherhood.com (MFF). MFF, founded by Elliott Rae, is the UK’s most exciting parenting & lifestyle platform for men.
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Published June 1, 2021
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Elliott Rae
1 book3 followersElliott is the founder of MusicFootballFatherhood, the UK's most exciting parenting and lifestyle platform for men. Elliott is also a powerful speaker and an experienced Diversity & Inclusion (D&I) leader with specific expertise in gender and race. As one of the leading voices in the UK for fatherhood and masculinity in the workplace, Elliott regularly works with organisations and staff networks to help support working fathers and parents, and work towards gender equality, through his #EngagingDads workshops and talks.
Elliott has held senior D&I leadership roles, most recently as Head of D&I delivery at HM Treasury. The United Nations recently recognised Elliott’s work and he is now the proud recipient of the UN Women UK’s #HeForShe ‘Changemaker of the Year’ award for his work on gender equality. Elliott has written for various mainstream publications and even had his work shared online by none other than Dwayne Johnson AKA ‘The Rock’!
Elliott has held senior D&I leadership roles, most recently as Head of D&I delivery at HM Treasury. The United Nations recently recognised Elliott’s work and he is now the proud recipient of the UN Women UK’s #HeForShe ‘Changemaker of the Year’ award for his work on gender equality. Elliott has written for various mainstream publications and even had his work shared online by none other than Dwayne Johnson AKA ‘The Rock’!
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June 9, 2021
This book is a compendium of very personal stories written by men and with a particular focus on their experiences as a dad. There are twenty of them and each explores a particular challenge or ordeal they have faced. There’s a full spectrum of trials here and it’s fair to say that I found quite a few of them hard to read – hard in the sense that I found many of them upsetting as I put myself in the position of the dad wrestling with the difficult decision and sometimes the almost impossible barrier that they faced.
It’s a book to be read in sections, I think, over a period of time. I took the route of blitzing through it and it took its emotional toll. But spaced out, allowing time for each story to settle and enabling the reader to absorb the lessons therein feels like the right way to go with this one. Each story, in its own way, is inspiring. There is upset and sometimes failure but there are also coping mechanisms and plenty of pointers for support for each of the many situations covered. In fact, this could almost be the authoritative source for dads to find help for just about any major challenge they may face in helping to care for and foster the development of their children.
The dads come from many different backgrounds and I admired their honesty as much as I did their resilience and determination in striving to make the best of the situation they found themselves in. There is no doubt that the stories, sad as many are, are inspirational – they really made me think and I know that if I had to address any of the challenges faced by the contributors to this book I’d be better equipped to do so as a result of imbibing the wisdom and experiences they have shared here. It’s opened my eyes to lots of issues I hadn’t previously recognised and pointed to many areas of support I had no idea existed.
It’s a hard book to rate – I’ve never actually read anything quite like it – but I’m going to award it five stars on the basis that for the right audience it just might make a life changing difference and for all it offers proof that where there’s a will there’s a way. My sincere thanks to the curator of these stories, Elliott Rae, for providing a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.
It’s a book to be read in sections, I think, over a period of time. I took the route of blitzing through it and it took its emotional toll. But spaced out, allowing time for each story to settle and enabling the reader to absorb the lessons therein feels like the right way to go with this one. Each story, in its own way, is inspiring. There is upset and sometimes failure but there are also coping mechanisms and plenty of pointers for support for each of the many situations covered. In fact, this could almost be the authoritative source for dads to find help for just about any major challenge they may face in helping to care for and foster the development of their children.
The dads come from many different backgrounds and I admired their honesty as much as I did their resilience and determination in striving to make the best of the situation they found themselves in. There is no doubt that the stories, sad as many are, are inspirational – they really made me think and I know that if I had to address any of the challenges faced by the contributors to this book I’d be better equipped to do so as a result of imbibing the wisdom and experiences they have shared here. It’s opened my eyes to lots of issues I hadn’t previously recognised and pointed to many areas of support I had no idea existed.
It’s a hard book to rate – I’ve never actually read anything quite like it – but I’m going to award it five stars on the basis that for the right audience it just might make a life changing difference and for all it offers proof that where there’s a will there’s a way. My sincere thanks to the curator of these stories, Elliott Rae, for providing a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.
June 9, 2021
A perfect present for Father’s Day for a Dad you know.
In the spirit of openness and vulnerability in which this book is written this year, after more than 50 years, will be my first such day without my own Dad.
This book has been compiled by Elliott Rae – founder of MFF (MusicFootballFatherhood), a parenting and lifestyle platform whose uniqueness in a world where Mumsnet sways political party policies, is its focus on fathers.
The book consists of 20 chapters – all written by different authors (one by Elliott Rae himself on PTSD after childbirth, another by Billy Grant which is very much about the three topics of Music – and being a successful producer, Football – Brentford - and Fatherhood – and overcoming prejudice), each of which discusses a different angle on fatherhood.
The other chapters are around the topics of: being a new Dad in the pandemic; growing up without a Dad; being a Dad with limited access to the children after a marital breakdown; being a stay-at-home Dad and shared parental leave; surrogate Fatherhood as a gay Dad; becoming a widower with two young children; being a Dad of a child with autism; dealing with miscarriages; being an immigrant Dad; being a Father to teenage girls; being bullied at work as a new Dad; life after stillbirth; being a Stepdad; postnatal depression in Fathers and mothers; interracial parenting; Christian faith and its influence on being a Dad; co-parenting as a Divorced Dad; rediscovering a passion for music and purpose after becoming a Dad.
Each though is written from a personal (not general) viewpoint – with a father openly sharing his own experiences, struggles and successes. I was impressed with the honesty and above all vulnerability that they show.
If there is some overall themes to the chapters they include: fatherhood is both harder but much more rewarding than any of the Dad’s anticipated; childbirth is definitely more traumatic and emotionally wrenching than most believed; your background influences but does not limit your abilities as a Dad; and most importantly of all – the need for mean to be open and honest about their feelings and experiences with themselves, their partners and with other men: so many of the chapters include a line like “this is the first time I have spoken about this”.
And of course plenty of references to music and football (Billy Grant's story of course having a post publication happy ending with promotion) and, I was impressed to see, an openness to Christian faith also among a range of different beliefs and worldviews.
The book feels particularly timely for 2021 given the increased focus on men’s mental health (likely exacerbated by both the pandemic and the economic impact of lockdown), the way that lockdown has in many cases placed both pressures on childcare but also opportunities for work-from-home Dad’s to see more of their families.
Highly recommended.
My thanks to M.F.F for the offer of a review copy.
In the spirit of openness and vulnerability in which this book is written this year, after more than 50 years, will be my first such day without my own Dad.
This book has been compiled by Elliott Rae – founder of MFF (MusicFootballFatherhood), a parenting and lifestyle platform whose uniqueness in a world where Mumsnet sways political party policies, is its focus on fathers.
The book consists of 20 chapters – all written by different authors (one by Elliott Rae himself on PTSD after childbirth, another by Billy Grant which is very much about the three topics of Music – and being a successful producer, Football – Brentford - and Fatherhood – and overcoming prejudice), each of which discusses a different angle on fatherhood.
The other chapters are around the topics of: being a new Dad in the pandemic; growing up without a Dad; being a Dad with limited access to the children after a marital breakdown; being a stay-at-home Dad and shared parental leave; surrogate Fatherhood as a gay Dad; becoming a widower with two young children; being a Dad of a child with autism; dealing with miscarriages; being an immigrant Dad; being a Father to teenage girls; being bullied at work as a new Dad; life after stillbirth; being a Stepdad; postnatal depression in Fathers and mothers; interracial parenting; Christian faith and its influence on being a Dad; co-parenting as a Divorced Dad; rediscovering a passion for music and purpose after becoming a Dad.
Each though is written from a personal (not general) viewpoint – with a father openly sharing his own experiences, struggles and successes. I was impressed with the honesty and above all vulnerability that they show.
If there is some overall themes to the chapters they include: fatherhood is both harder but much more rewarding than any of the Dad’s anticipated; childbirth is definitely more traumatic and emotionally wrenching than most believed; your background influences but does not limit your abilities as a Dad; and most importantly of all – the need for mean to be open and honest about their feelings and experiences with themselves, their partners and with other men: so many of the chapters include a line like “this is the first time I have spoken about this”.
And of course plenty of references to music and football (Billy Grant's story of course having a post publication happy ending with promotion) and, I was impressed to see, an openness to Christian faith also among a range of different beliefs and worldviews.
The book feels particularly timely for 2021 given the increased focus on men’s mental health (likely exacerbated by both the pandemic and the economic impact of lockdown), the way that lockdown has in many cases placed both pressures on childcare but also opportunities for work-from-home Dad’s to see more of their families.
Highly recommended.
My thanks to M.F.F for the offer of a review copy.
June 8, 2021
This book is a selection of essays written by new dads, each themed around a certain challenge or issue of fatherhood. There are so many good stories it is hard to single out any one – but I suppose one that struck me as most interesting was that about the man who became a dad and got bullied at work at the same time. His insight into why people become bullies and how they should be seen as the victims themselves struck me as very true. Overall, this is a fascinating and insightful book, which will help all modern dads and carers realise that they are not alone.
December 1, 2021
Music.Football.Fatherhood, a British equivalent of Mumsnet, brings dads together in conversation. These 20 essays by ordinary fathers run the gamut of parenting experiences: postnatal depression, divorce, single parenthood, a child with autism, and much more. We’re used to childbirth being talked about by women, but rarely by their partners, especially things like miscarriage, stillbirth and trauma. I’ve already written on Michael Johnson-Ellis’s essay on surrogacy here; I also found particularly insightful R.P. Falconer’s piece on trying to be the best father he can be despite not having a particularly good role model in his own absent father, and Sam Draper’s on breaking the mould as a stay-at-home dad (“the bar for expectations regarding fathers is low, very low”) – I never understood how parental leave works in the UK before reading this. The book is full of genial and relatable stories and half or more of its authors are non-white. It could do with more rigorous editing to get the grammar and writing style up to the standard of traditionally published work, but even for someone like me who is not in the target audience it was an enjoyable set of everyday voices.
Originally published on my blog, Bookish Beck.
Originally published on my blog, Bookish Beck.
May 3, 2021
I enjoy medical memoirs, midwife memoirs, and TV programmes about birth stories etc, this is nice to have the pregnancy and birth circumstances told from the parents' side. Just as interesting.
Unusual concept in that it's the views of the dads, not the mums. And we never usually get that. Do we know how the father is doing? No. Here's an insight into just that.
The book opens with a couple’s experiences of birth during the pandemic. I can certainly relate to that as my son and his fiancée had their baby girl during COVID19 restrictions. For one moment I thought, maybe this book is mostly for men to read? Not a bit of it! I found it really interesting to read. It's good to get the father's side of the story, you don't usually get that, not much anyway. How are they coping with eg miscarriage, infertility, fertility treatment etc?
There are lots of different scenarios-shared care, gay dads, surrogacy etc. The book was very well presented, interesting, and emotional and moving. I’m sure many people reading the stories in this book will find them a help and comfort. Knowing others have been there, got through it etc.
An excellent book.
Unusual concept in that it's the views of the dads, not the mums. And we never usually get that. Do we know how the father is doing? No. Here's an insight into just that.
The book opens with a couple’s experiences of birth during the pandemic. I can certainly relate to that as my son and his fiancée had their baby girl during COVID19 restrictions. For one moment I thought, maybe this book is mostly for men to read? Not a bit of it! I found it really interesting to read. It's good to get the father's side of the story, you don't usually get that, not much anyway. How are they coping with eg miscarriage, infertility, fertility treatment etc?
There are lots of different scenarios-shared care, gay dads, surrogacy etc. The book was very well presented, interesting, and emotional and moving. I’m sure many people reading the stories in this book will find them a help and comfort. Knowing others have been there, got through it etc.
An excellent book.
July 12, 2021
💭 ᴍʏ ᴛʜᴏᴜɢʜᴛꜱ:
This is a very vulnerable book. Each dad opens up and explains their heartfelt stories about different experiences with being a dad. A truly unique book, I havent seen anything like it. It's so insightful and shows all the different ways pregnancies and life with babies can go. This is a slow read and you definitely need to take your time for it as you dig into their lives. Its nicely build up that each dad has its own chapter. This way you can read one and come back to it after a little while which is what I did. It splits up the book nicely. Highly recommend this one if you want to read about the difficulties parents could go through.
🤓 ʀᴇᴀᴅ ɪꜰ ʏᴏᴜ ʟɪᴋᴇ:
To know you're not alone
People opening up
ꜱʏɴᴏᴘꜱɪꜱ:
𝘋𝘈𝘋 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘭𝘶𝘥𝘦𝘴 20 𝘱𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘦𝘧𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘥𝘦𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘥𝘢𝘥 𝘥𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘤, 𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘨𝘦, 𝘸𝘪𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘥, 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘣𝘪𝘳𝘵𝘩, 𝘤𝘰-𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘣𝘪𝘳𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘶𝘮𝘢, 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬-𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦, 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘥𝘢𝘥𝘴 𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬, 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘦, 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘺-𝘢𝘵-𝘩𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘥, 𝘨𝘢𝘺 𝘧𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘰𝘨𝘢𝘤𝘺, 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘱𝘥𝘢𝘥, 𝘣𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘧𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘥, 𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘥𝘶𝘢𝘭 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘨𝘦, 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘥, 𝘧𝘢𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘥, 𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘮, 𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘰𝘵𝘺𝘱𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦.
𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘰𝘯 𝘢 𝘫𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘺; 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘪𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘥𝘢𝘥’𝘴 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥. 𝘜𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘭𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘥’𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦, 𝘥𝘦𝘧𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦, 𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘧𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘣𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘴.
This is a very vulnerable book. Each dad opens up and explains their heartfelt stories about different experiences with being a dad. A truly unique book, I havent seen anything like it. It's so insightful and shows all the different ways pregnancies and life with babies can go. This is a slow read and you definitely need to take your time for it as you dig into their lives. Its nicely build up that each dad has its own chapter. This way you can read one and come back to it after a little while which is what I did. It splits up the book nicely. Highly recommend this one if you want to read about the difficulties parents could go through.
🤓 ʀᴇᴀᴅ ɪꜰ ʏᴏᴜ ʟɪᴋᴇ:
To know you're not alone
People opening up
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𝘋𝘈𝘋 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘭𝘶𝘥𝘦𝘴 20 𝘱𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘦𝘧𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘥𝘦𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘥𝘢𝘥 𝘥𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘤, 𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘨𝘦, 𝘸𝘪𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘥, 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘣𝘪𝘳𝘵𝘩, 𝘤𝘰-𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘣𝘪𝘳𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘶𝘮𝘢, 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬-𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦, 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘥𝘢𝘥𝘴 𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬, 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘦, 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘺-𝘢𝘵-𝘩𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘥, 𝘨𝘢𝘺 𝘧𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘰𝘨𝘢𝘤𝘺, 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘱𝘥𝘢𝘥, 𝘣𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘧𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘥, 𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘥𝘶𝘢𝘭 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘨𝘦, 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘥, 𝘧𝘢𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘥, 𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘮, 𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘰𝘵𝘺𝘱𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦.
𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘰𝘯 𝘢 𝘫𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘺; 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘪𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘥𝘢𝘥’𝘴 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥. 𝘜𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘭𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘥’𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦, 𝘥𝘦𝘧𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦, 𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘧𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘣𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘴.
June 14, 2021
This book is about 20 fathers who talk about their experiences and their perspectives as fathers in the UK. I learned a lot while reading this book. I learned about surrogacy, different organizations, and fathers who live in the UK. Some of the fathers were stay-at-home dad, single dads, and gay dads. Reading this book I have an understanding and a different perspective about fathers from different races. I also learned some new words while reading this book which is nappies and theater. Each chapter takes you on a ride from a father's perspective of stillbirth, shared parental leave, child with autism, faith and fatherhood, and miscarriages. These fathers bear their hearts and souls to help start a dialogue with other fathers and families. This was an eye-opener book for me and I really enjoyed their experiences. I recommend this book to fathers all over the world. I give this book five stars.
January 26, 2022
Although I probably am not the target audience and also have very little life experience to relate to these stories of fatherhood, I really enjoyed the variety and emotiveness of these stories. Each chapter is written by a Dad with a totally different story of fatherhood to tell, and a totally different angle from which to tell it. Some were heartwarming and some were heartbreaking, but it is so important that Dads speak up and talk about their experiences, and I love that this book is championing that cause.
September 10, 2021
What a great book of short stories on various fathers unique and individual experiences on becoming a Dad. The book will appeal to the hearts of many fathers who are either on or just starting their journey into parenthood. You'll go through a mixture of emotions as you read since the stories are quite diverse and not all easy. I'd highly recommend it and as a father myself I can understand how we are left out of things or presumed to be coping so this book helps to provide that missed insight
August 13, 2021
Wonderful stories told from the father’s point of view. Some are very emotional, but all are good. Thanks to Netgalley, the author and the publisher for the arc of this book in return for my honest review. Receiving this book in this manner had no bearing on this review.
September 4, 2022
Very good read. Inspirational
January 2, 2024
Excellent collation of stories by Dads.
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May 22, 2024I won’t rate this as it’s a compilation of personal stories. I found the stories vulnerable, real and extremely insightful into the fatherhood experience from different lenses.
September 3, 2021
I read the digital copy of DAD via netgalley.
I am not the target audience for this book, which is why I am so glad I read the essays in this collection.
Out of the 20 personal stories about fatherhood, some stuck with me more than others. In every case I appreciated the diversion from all the “mum” stories I regularly get fed wherever I turn.
Please be forewarned that some essays cover topics such as loss of a child, grief and miscarriage. The strength of this collection, in my opinion, lies especially in covering the more sad and challenging topics from a male perspective.
I am not the target audience for this book, which is why I am so glad I read the essays in this collection.
Out of the 20 personal stories about fatherhood, some stuck with me more than others. In every case I appreciated the diversion from all the “mum” stories I regularly get fed wherever I turn.
Please be forewarned that some essays cover topics such as loss of a child, grief and miscarriage. The strength of this collection, in my opinion, lies especially in covering the more sad and challenging topics from a male perspective.
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