Dad mode : 25 ways to connect with your children
Eyre, Tal2024
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You're going to be a dad!--words that don't feel real until nine months later when the new baby arrives. You hold that small life in your arms for the first time, and boom, Dad Mode activated! All your feelings as a proud new dad coalesce into one astounding commitment: lifelong connection to your child. But how do you do this dad thing? From author Tal Eyre, Dad Mode: 25 Ways to Connect with Your Children is the ultimate guidebook to jumpstarting Dad Mode and fostering an unbreakable connection with your child. Organized into bite-sized chapters, with action steps and a full-color illustration by Bernardo França for each way, this book makes connection easy for dads in a hurry. It covers topics from oxytocin and parenting styles to emotional intelligence and family culture, focusing on children ages 0-12. Everything you need to connect, reconnect, and remain connected for life is at the tips of your fingers!
Main title:
Dad mode : 25 ways to connect with your children / by Tal Eyre ; illustrations by Bernardo Franc̦a.
Author:
Eyre, TalFrança, Bernardo, illustrator
Imprint:
Reedley, CA : Familius LLC, 2024.©2024.
Collation:
200 pages : colour illustrations ; 19 cm.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
Contents:
IntroductionSection 1. Ways to connectWay 1. Jump-start your connectionWay 2. Self-connectionWay 3. Co-parentingWay 4. Responding to your childWay 5. Authoritative parenting: a parenting style that saves time and effortWay 6. Secure attachment and unconditional loveWay 7. An emotional safe harborSection 2. Ways to reconnectWay 8. When dad loses his coolWay 9. A new twist on apologies and forgivenessWay 10. Reconnecting at mealtimeWay 11. Fight betterWay 12. Device savvy familiesSection 3. Mindsets for connectionWay 13. Growth mindset, praise the processWay 14. The observing dadhelping your child see their strengthsWay 15. Intellectual humility: "I might be wrong, but..."Way 16. Toward emotional maturityWay 17. An ongoing conversation about sexWay 18. Personality development and "locus on control"Way 19. Teaching children to reframeWay 20. The power of badWay 21. The power of goodWay 22. Work and playSection 4. Ways to create a lasting connectionWay 23. Creating a strong family cultureWay 24. Family vision and mission statementsWay 25. The power of stories.
ISBN:
9781641709118 (hardback)
Dewey class:
306.8742
Language:
English
BRN:
461672
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Penrith | Nonfiction | 306.8742 DAD | Onloan - Due: 16 Nov 2024 |