Especially for Dads

Covering Home Lessons on the Art of Fathering from the Game of Baseball
by Jack Petrash (2003, $8.95)

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Mr. Petrash describes three important stages of childhood (and parenting), each of which lasts about seven years and which he equates with the early innings, the middle innings, and the late innings. In the first three innings, the focus is on the child’s and father’s “active” involvement in their relationship. In the next three innings, their relationship centers on the emotional connection between them. The last three innings are more “thoughtful” as the child learns to become independent.These three elements are repeated throughout the book as Mr. Petrash recounts his own extraordinary baseball and parenting memories....

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Believing It All
What My Children Taught Me about Trout Fishing, Jelly Toast and Life
by Marc Parent

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One of the main reasons most of us spend so much time with our children is that we see the effect we have on their development. What we sometimes miss, however, is the tremendous impact this interaction with our children has on our own lives and development. The lessons taught during the time we spend together are delivered on a two-way street. This is what Marc Parent has realized, and he wonderfully relates some of the lessons from his time at home with his sons in Believing It All: What my children taught me about trout fishing, jelly toast and life.

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