A review by whippycleric
Fatherhood: The Truth by Marcus Berkmann

funny informative medium-paced

3.0

I've read a few parenting books now and my biggest recommendation would be to read one published within the last few years. This book was published in 2005 so some of the medicine is a bit of date, and definitely some of the attitudes. I really disliked the first few chapters of this book, the section discussing the different possibilities with regards to getting someone pregnant had a part about wearing a condom and taking it off sneakily... It wasn't necessarily advocating doing this but still seemed pretty bad to have jokes about what would be classed as sexual assault quite so early in the book. I carried on reading though, and once the book moves into post natal topics it improves a lot. Some of it is still a bit out of date but this half was quite funny, had some emotional content, and had some actual good advice particularly from the testimonials of other dads.