Comments on: Inside the mind of a stay-at-home-dad

By: PJ Mullen

PJ Mullen — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 03:43:27 +0000

Nice! That's pretty sweet. I found a typo in mine, so Joe tells me that makes it a limited edition

By: PJ Mullen

PJ Mullen — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 23:43:27 +0000

Nice! That's pretty sweet. I found a typo in mine, so Joe tells me that makes it a limited edition

By: BellaDaddy

BellaDaddy — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 17:32:40 +0000

SO excited for my SIGNED copy to arrive…YEAH ME!

By: PJ Mullen

PJ Mullen — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 04:18:03 +0000

Ha! Love the car manual reference. With the DadLabs book it came out so far after I needed something like it that I skipped most of the detailed stuff and looked for the funny parts. And it is very possible that if they are being inundated with information from the mother that they will tune out anything else. I'm fortunate that my wife was not like that, as she realized we were both learning on the job. We did a fair job of sharing what we found worked and didn't work when our son was younger. If she had tried to tell me what to do all the time I might have tuned her out too

By: PJ Mullen

PJ Mullen — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 04:15:21 +0000

No way man, dissent can be a good thing. I definitely feel you with the condescending advice you get from people (unfortunately mostly women) who should mind their own business or assume too much. A lot of the advice might be common sense, but there is some good stuff. I read it because I was more interested in filling in the gaps on his story and what I knew about him from his blog and Dad Blogs. That made it more valuable for me. Obviously your mileage may vary and you may stick to your opinion, which, again, is totally cool.

By: PJ Mullen

PJ Mullen — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 04:11:40 +0000

No problem man, while he wrote about his experience as a SAHD that is just part of it. There is some 'friendly advice', but not the preachy kind you'd get from the 'expert' types.

By: PJ Mullen

PJ Mullen — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 04:11:32 +0000

Cool, you'll have to let me know what you think.

By: PJ Mullen

PJ Mullen — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 04:11:17 +0000

No problem man, while he wrote about his experience as a SAHD that is just part of it. There is some 'friendly advice', but not the preachy kind you'd get from the 'expert' types.

By: PJ Mullen

PJ Mullen — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 04:10:02 +0000

Unfortunately I know that money and ego thing all too well. It has gotten better, especially after we decided to not exchange gifts for holidays. I've tried to limit my exposure to parenting books, as the ones I've skimmed can be very contradictory. Joe's reads like a conversation amongst friends.

By: Keith Wilcox

Keith Wilcox — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 20:17:56 +0000

HAHAHA. I'm so glad I didn't get drummed out of town for my comment. I read Ron's assessment, and I think he's right. If there's one thing I hate it's lecturing. Being a SAHD I've gotten so much unsolicited advice from people who assume I'm a novice that I no longer listen. Unfortunately most of the criticism comes from women, who you'd think would be more sensitive to feeling second class (considering sexism and all) — but, not many are. Joe says this book talks to dads without lecturing. In that case I'm interested. And, Joe, I don't mean to be the grinch about your book. That accomplishment in itself is balls! I resolve to read it THEN formulate an opinion Hows that?