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    1001 Things it Means to Be a Dad: (Some Assembly Required)
    1001 Things it Means to Be a Dad: (Some Assembly Required)
    1001 Things it Means to Be a Dad: (Some Assembly Required)
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    1001 Things it Means to Be a Dad: (Some Assembly Required)

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    D-A-D. How can three letters mean a 1001 things?!

    Harry H. Harrison Jr.'s latest dose of his trademark wit and wisdom pays tribute and provides insight to dads from all walks of life. From new dads, single dads, dads of adult kids and more, 1001 Things it Means to be a Dad is a topic we can all appreciate, especially when there's "some assembly required!" With two million books in the market, no one knows how to deliver simple, powerful insights like Harry.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherThomas Nelson
    Release dateMar 18, 2008
    ISBN9781418561406
    1001 Things it Means to Be a Dad: (Some Assembly Required)

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      1001 Things it Means to Be a Dad - Harry H. Harrison

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      1001 Things

      It Means

      to Be a Dad

      (Some Assembly Required)

      HARRY H. HARRISON JR.

      HarryHarrisonDad_int_0003_001

      1001 Things It Means to Be a Dad

      Copyright © 2008 by Harry H. Harrison Jr.

      www.raisingparents.com

      Published by Thomas Nelson Publishers, Inc., Nashville, Tennessee Thomas Nelson is a registered trademark of Thomas Nelson, Inc.

      All rights reserved. No portion of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted by any means—electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or any other—except for brief quotations in printed reviews, without the prior written permission of the publisher.

      Project Editor: Lisa Stilwell

      Designed by ThinkPen Design, LLC

      ISBN-10: 1–4041–0433–X

      ISBN-13: 978–1–4041–0433–4

      Printed and bound in China

      www.thomasnelson.com

      Table of Contents

      Introduction

      1. Dad Rules

      2. Fathers-to-Be

      3. Baby Dads

      4. Toddler Dads

      5. School-Age Dads

      6. Dads and Teenagers

      7. Dads and Vacations

      8. College Dads

      9. Dads and Spiritual Matters

      10. Dad Fears

      11. Dads and Moms

      12. Dads and Sports

      13. Dads and Work

      14. Dads and Money

      15. Dads and Problems

      16. Divorced Dads

      17. Stay-at-Home Dads

      18. Parting Words

      Introduction

      Men handle the whole baby thing differently than women do.

      Upon hearing the news, they don’t go to the office, burst into tears, and scream, We’re pregnant! They don’t stay up late at night reading books on lactation. They think buying a baby crib just about wraps up the whole shopping thing. They are flabbergasted to learn that a baby has needs. And they think that by going to birthing class and learning the word push, they’ve become active participants, if not authority figures, in the pregnancy world.

      But, of course, a man can’t help but notice the two thousand books stacked up on his wife’s bedside table or discover that he can actually feel a baby’s foot inside her stomach, or that whenever she wants to talk about the baby, there’s usually one minute left in the game and his team is driving for the go-ahead touchdown, so he has to act interested while secretly wishing she would move just two inches to the left so he can see the TV.

      The fact is, dads are just as excited, depressed, worried, happy, awed, and stressed as moms, but who do they tell this to? Their workout buddies? Fat chance. Yet, that’s exactly who they should be talking to. Other men. Other dads. Other dads-to-be. So this book is like telling a bunch of other guys, Uh . . . we’re . . . uh . . . having a baby and . . . and I’m feeling, you know, kind of weird.

      And his friends look at him sympathetically, and one of them says, Really? Because that’s the way you’re gonna feel for the rest of your life. But at least your kids will think you know what you’re doing. For a while. •

      Dad Rules

      1. Being a dad means becoming heroic.

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      2. Being a dad means being a man. In all situations.

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      3. Being a dad means understanding God has big plans for you. He chose you to be the father of His child.

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      4. Being a dad means making promises—and keeping them.

      5. Being a dad means being around. Studies show that kids without responsible fathers are more likely to experience poverty, perform poorly in school, and engage in criminal activity, premarital sex, drug abuse, and heavy alcohol consumption.

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      6. Being a dad means admitting your screw-ups, but not dwelling on them.

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      7. Being a dad means providing for your family. And that can mean sleepless nights, ulcers, and low-grade fear.

      8. Being a dad means making your child feel safe.

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      9. Being a dad means telling them a little blood won’t hurt them.

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      10. Being a dad means telling your kids to deal with scrapes and bruises by:

      A. Walk it off!

      B. Blow on it.

      C. Run it under cold water.

      11. Being a dad means telling stories of adventure and bravery.

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      12. Being a dad means assuring Mom that growing up involves pain and suffering.

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      13. Being a dad means teaching that happiness isn’t a goal, but a consequence.

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      14. Being a dad means having high expectations for your kids.

      15. Being a dad means being the heavy. It’s your job to say no.

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      16. Being a dad means being your child’s father. Not your child’s friend. Dads who get this confused have confused kids.

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      17. Being a dad means demanding peace over justice. No matter who hit whom last.

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      18. Being a dad means teaching your kids that life is unfair.

      19. Being a dad means making your kids believe they can do it themselves.

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      20. Being a dad means realizing if you don’t want to move into a six-bedroom house, you need a vasectomy.

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      21. Being a dad means showing them how to stand up for their rights.

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      22. Being a dad means understanding that food stolen off your plate tastes better to your kids than any other food in the world.

      23. Being a dad means showing your kids how to fix stuff. It helps, of course, if you know how to fix stuff.

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      24. Being a dad means you have to get off the couch.

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      25. Being a dad means giving your kids courage.

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      26. Being a dad takes balls— baseballs, footballs, soccer balls, dodge balls, basketballs, tennis balls, and other spherical or semispherical objects.

      27. Being a dad means teaching your kids to stand on their own two feet. Literally and philosophically.

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      28. Being a dad means letting them live without being the center of attention all the time.

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      29. Being a dad means making sure you live in a neighborhood safe enough for kids.

      30. Being a dad means having more confidence in your kids than they have in themselves.

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      31. Being a dad means realizing that the only way to avoid sibling rivalry is to avoid siblings.

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      32. Being a dad means realizing life doesn’t get any better than this. Ever.

      33. Being a dad means understanding how dumb you are depends on the age of your child:

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      0 to 6 years old Dad knows everything.

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      6 to 8 years old Dad knows almost everything.

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      8 to 12 years old Dad knows many things.

      12 to 16 years old Dad knows one or two things.

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      16 to 20 years old Dad knows nothing.

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      20 to 23 years old Maybe Dad does know one or two things.

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      23 to 25 years old Actually, Dad knows many things.

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      Over 25 Dad knows everything.

      Fathers-to-Be

      34. Being a dad means secretly panicking after hearing the news your wife’s pregnant,

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