Father's Day:: Notes from a Dad in the Real World - Hardcover

McCoy, Bill

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0812924053 ISBN 13: 9780812924053

Publisher: Crown, 1995

Synopsis

The perfect Father's Day gift, this collection of funny, insightful observations on being a dad in the '90s charts the eye-opening experience of new fatherhood with depth, great warmth, and humor. First Serial to Parents Magazine.

About this title

About the Author

Bill McCoy is a senior editor at Parents magazine.

From the Inside Flap

Father's Day gift, this collection of funny, insightful observations on being a dad in the '90s charts the eye-opening experience of new fatherhood with depth, great warmth, and humor. First Serial to Parents Magazine.

Reviews

This unpretentious and winning book comes from a father who is gaga about his two-year-old daughter. McCoy, a senior editor at Parents magazine, regrets having wanted a son to the point that, if he and wife Sharon have a second child, he'd be delighted to have another girl. And he tells exactly how the presence of Amanda has changed his relationship with Sharon and caused major revisions in his thinking: he's now for Tipper Gore's campaign to label rock albums; at a remove of 35 years, Ozzie Nelson looks like a good paternal role model. He considers himself more than competent as a nurturer and wishes he had more time to spend enjoying Amanda's company. He delights in her first effort at sharing and marvels at her self-reliance in handling herself with her playmate Max. It is all very real, occasionally humorous and occasionally very affecting, heartily recommended to all fathers. First serial to Parents magazine; author tour.
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As a new father and the only male editor on the Parents Magazine staff, Bill McCoy offers his insights about what it means to be a father in the 1990s. He goes through the relatively smooth birth of his daughter, Amanda, explains changes and strains she put on his relationship with his wife and her mother, Sharon, and details such wondrous activities as giving Amanda a bath or her eating cucumbers. While gazing at his innocent child, he comes up with a list of vows--hopes, actually--that he wants to accomplish as a good father. This doting parent takes us through the first two years of Amanda's life in a highly personal, yet emotionally gripping, manner. McCoy believes fatherhood to be "the express lane to the greatest happiness a man can possess." Such a positive outlook should prompt other new fathers to become readers of this book. Jennifer Henderson

Edition details

• Publisher: Crown
• Publication date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0812924053
• ISBN 13: 9780812924053
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 175