The Good Father
Sam Parker, Alice VincentHelping men enjoy fatherhood, not just survive it.
| Platform |  | Pricing | Freemium | Publishes | Weekly |
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| Issues | 57 | Founded | 4 years ago | Last Issue | 10 days ago |
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The attuned enough parent
When our daughter was a baby, she’d get what Jessie and I called ‘The Excitement’. Her arms and legs would start wiggling, her eyes would widen with delight and the most amazing, high-pitched coo would come out of her mouth. We could never...
The Good Father’s Day gift guide
I’ve never written one of these gift guides before, mainly because whenever my partner asks what I’d like for my birthday or Christmas I look at her as if she’s asked me to calculate the walking distance to Telesto, or perform emergency hea...
5 brilliant picture books that weren't written by Julia Donaldson
Listen: no shade. Ours is a Julia Donaldson house, just like ours is a Taylor Swift house. You can be both a genius and incredibly popular, unfair as that is. But with JD accounting for 10% of every picture book sold (she also surpassed J K...
What if my kid hates reading?
Fewer children than ever are reading for pleasure. For parents who remember the sense of escape and wonder that came from lying with a good book when they were children, this feels like a tragedy.
The data makes for grim reading, but ther...
How to stop getting bored reading the same story again and again
Plus: the joys of eating standing up, and Dad Hero of the Week
With each passing day, our daughter gets more and more interested in books. When we read to her now, she listens rapt and demands we turn over and start again when we finish.
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Author (Good Anger; Bloomsbury, 2025). Senior editor at British GQ. Using psychology (and other stuff) to help dads enjoy it more.
internationally bestselling author of books including Hark, How Women Listen; and Why Women Grow: Stories of Soil Sisterhood. I write savour, a newsletter about writing, motherhood and the delicious things in life.
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