The Bottom Line
If you really want to be a great parent, whether a stay at home dad or not, this book is for you. It offers practical tips, helpful strategies and meaningful insights for any father who wants to be a truly great dad. And with helps specifically targeted at stay home dads, it is a helpful resource for the "professional father."
Pros
- Full of practical advice
- Learn how to avoid burnout
- Great for employed at home dads
Cons
- Not much on the emotional issues
Description
- The Stay at Home Dad Handbook offers tips and tricks for mastering the stay-home dads roles.
- Peter Baylies brings real world workable ideas for dads in all circumstances.
- This book has practical, down to earth advice that will benefit any father who wants to be great.
Guide Review - Book Review: Stay at Home Dad Handbook
Author Peter Baylies is the founder of the At-Home Dad Network and has been an effective advocate for at home fathers for a long time. In this book, Peter offers important insights into the role of a stay at home dad and ways to ease the transition into "professional fatherhood."
Peter tackles the tough topics like dealing with criticism from dads who are the traditional breadwinners and handling the isolation that many stay at home dads experience. To deal with isolation, Peter offers solid advice on forming playgroups with other stay home dads and their children.
The book also offers very practical advice for a dad who now also has to manage a household. Establishing routines, planning mealtimes, dealing with discipline issues, effective and efficient cleaning strategies and inexpensive fun activity ideas are all included.
All in all, this is a must-have book for a stay at home dad and a great resource for the rest of us who may need a little refresher on being an effective father.
