As my readers know, I spend a lot of time reading books about parenting and about the fatherhood experience. I know better than most that there are many good books out there on this topic, but there are also a lot that are just a waste of money. Part of my role here at About.com is to steer you toward the best choices for your library or your personal reading list.
My reading list included a couple of books recently - very different but each important in its own right. The first one I read was Raising Supaman by Nathaniel Turner. Written as a series of notes and letters to his son, Raising Supaman is part memoir, part practical advice and written with black fathers in mind. I thought the book was very insightful and it certainly resonated with me.
The second book is coming out later this summer. Parenting 2.0 - Think in the Future and Act in the Now by parenting strategist Tricia Ferrara tries to address the new paradigm that parents have to embrace in the new digital world. Parenting 2.0 looks at a variety of specific challenges such as bullying, education and talking about sex and how these topics should be dealt with in the world in which our children are growing up. I really enjoyed this one too, and it helped me think differently about how parenting has changed in the last decade.
So, check out these new reads - one might even make a good Father's Day gift!
More great books for dads:
- Dad Can We...? 45 Ways to be the Dad Your Kids Need
- Raising Children That Other People Like to Be Around
- Be the Coolest Dad on the Block
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A Couple of New Books for Dads originally appeared on About.com Fatherhood on Tuesday, May 27th, 2014 at 20:59:51.