Daddyhood: This Changes Everything!

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Summary: Daddyhood: This Changes Everything
Review: I could not put it down! Read the whole book in one sitting!
My son is grown and on his own now, but just reading your stories brought back so many memories...not quite the same situations, but similar enough to bring a smile to my face and laughter to my heart. My husband's daughter is having a baby in September, I will be ordering another copy to give to his son-in-law...as a matter of fact I think I'll have to order a bunch...Driscoll's book is a MUST read for all new father's.
Dan, your children are really lucky to have a father who loves them as much as you do...and what a wonderful way to share that love, in a written tribute.

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Summary: Thank you, Mr. Driscoll!
Review: Thanks for the glimpse into what Daddyhood MAY be, if we only work at it. This book is a wonderful glimpse into a loving relationship between a man, his children, his wife, his God, and his priorities. While no family is perfect, it is clear that Mr. Driscoll's family is one of the lucky ones that are founded on pure, unselfish love and interdependence.

But this book is not just a glimpse into Driscoll's family life. It is a collection of stories designed to educate. Told simply, each short story makes a point to the reader in a non-insulting way, the way one would teach a child by example but with much greater subtlety. Each lesson ends with a prayer that is simple and not designed to preach but to sum up the author's attitude about the lesson he is discussing. They enhance without offending and are totally appropriate.

I chose not to read the book in a single session, and I encourage any reader to consider breaking it up over a week or so -- three or four pages at a time if you can manage to limit yourself. In this way, you can absorb the storytelling without losing the detail and the purpose of the lessons.

This book is for new fathers and for anyone wanting to reground their relationship with their family. It is also for anyone who wants to peer in a window to dream about how functional a family can be.

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Summary: A Prophetic Masterpiece on Parenthood and Family Life!
Review: This book is a delight! I could not put it down during a long plane ride. In twenty-five short-stories, Dan Driscoll has written a book that touched my heart and experience of being a parent, husband, and child. He has written a masterpiece on family life that celebrates the beauty, pain, growth, love, justice, and joy of family life amidst a God who is crazy about us. The people on the plane around me kept looking at me wondering why at times I laughed hysterically and then at other times wiped tears from my eyes. The author shares his journey of joy and hope along with many lessons learned from being a father of four young children and a husband married to a mother often more gifted than Superman.
As I read it, I wanted to hold my wife and dance with my own children, telling them how much I love them. This book is a true gift for the journey that parents discover themselves on, filled with God's life-giving presence, humor, and divine reality that "laughter...is downright healing." This book is good news and prophecy of the highest order. Driscoll has shared an ongoing journey with the rock-solid belief that "Daddyhood is an opportunity to change the world."

Rating:
Summary: A Prophetic Masterpiece on Parenthood and Family Life!
Review: This book is a delight! I could not put it down during a long plane ride. In twenty-five short-stories, Dan Driscoll has written a book that touched my heart and experience of being a parent, husband, and child. He has written a masterpiece on family life that celebrates the beauty, pain, growth, love, justice, and joy of family life amidst a God who is crazy about us. The people on the plane around me kept looking at me wondering why at times I laughed hysterically and then at other times wiped tears from my eyes. The author shares his journey of joy and hope along with many lessons learned from being a father of four young children and a husband married to a mother often more gifted than Superman.
As I read it, I wanted to hold my wife and dance with my own children, telling them how much I love them. This book is a true gift for the journey that parents discover themselves on, filled with God's life-giving presence, humor, and divine reality that "laughter...is downright healing." This book is good news and prophecy of the highest order. Driscoll has shared an ongoing journey with the rock-solid belief that "Daddyhood is an opportunity to change the world."