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The Father's Guide to the Meaning of Life: What Being a Dad Has Taught Me about Hope, Love, Patience, Pride, and Everyday Wonder
Men's Health writer Joe Kita rekindles the magic he created in his successful Wisdom of Our Fathers --this time turning his keen insights to his own experience as a father. Becoming a parent is a life-altering experience for anyone, and Kita shares his personal, transcendent moments as a parent in this unique look at fatherhood.
Readers will learn about the heroes and role models that Kita--and other parents--have discovered along the parenting path, and even the books and music that helped shape his attitudes about fatherhood. In first-person prose, Kita provides more than 12 essential lessons about life that were taught to him by his children, and the moments, as when he said goodbye to his own father for the last time, that transcend all others. In essence, T he Father's Guide is a study of life, complete with obstacles and rewards, as seen through the prism of a father's experience.
Readers will learn about the heroes and role models that Kita--and other parents--have discovered along the parenting path, and even the books and music that helped shape his attitudes about fatherhood. In first-person prose, Kita provides more than 12 essential lessons about life that were taught to him by his children, and the moments, as when he said goodbye to his own father for the last time, that transcend all others. In essence, T he Father's Guide is a study of life, complete with obstacles and rewards, as seen through the prism of a father's experience.
144 pages, Hardcover
First published June 2, 2000
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April 14, 2008
ini dapet dari obralan di gramedia yogya, 11 april kemaren.
wah,
beberapa quotations di buku ini langsung menyambar hati, sehingga rasanya saya harus bertobat sebagai ayah! rupanya banyak sekali kesalahan yang saya lakukan terhadap anak sendiri... duh!
pendidikan anak ternyata bukan perkara remeh...
[semoga buku kecil ini bisa menemani dalam mendampingi anak-anak hingga tumbuh besar nanti]
wah,
beberapa quotations di buku ini langsung menyambar hati, sehingga rasanya saya harus bertobat sebagai ayah! rupanya banyak sekali kesalahan yang saya lakukan terhadap anak sendiri... duh!
pendidikan anak ternyata bukan perkara remeh...
[semoga buku kecil ini bisa menemani dalam mendampingi anak-anak hingga tumbuh besar nanti]
June 27, 2009
Not a book I particularly enjoyed reading. This guy wanted to write something that really wasn't in his "wheelhouse". Honestly, I could see him not enjoying the end result. It wasn't a waste of time, or a particularly slow read (read it in a couple hours) . . . but I didn't get much out of it! Read with caution or sitting back and saying . . . WHY?!?
September 4, 2010
Great book for any new dad (or mom actually).
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