The Good Father
Sam Parker, Alice VincentHelping men enjoy fatherhood, not just survive it.
| Platform |  | Pricing | Freemium | Publishes | Weekly |
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| Issues | 60 | Founded | 5 years ago | Last Issue | 11 days ago |
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The problem with being told to 'cherish the moment'
It’s advice you hear all the time when you become a parent:
“Cherish this time – it goes by so quick!”
We received this solemn instruction from family and friends, in Instagram DMs from people we barely knew. It came, of course, freighted...
How dads should dress, according to Substack’s most stylish mum
“After I had my first baby I had a complete style crisis,” Frankie Graddon tells me on an existentially hot June weekend. “My body had changed, my lifestyle had dramatically changed. My wardrobe was full of blazers and heels for being in an...
When teaching becomes too much
Will is one of my favourite people. We met at university in the late 2000s, when I ran the campus newspaper and he was elected President of the Union: a position that required being one of the most charming and well-liked people on campus,...
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
NO SOCKS
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 eme...
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Author (Good Anger; Bloomsbury, 2025). Senior editor at British GQ. Using psychology (and other stuff) to help dads be happier.
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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