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by Vicki Lorey (Illustrator), Paul Pierce (Author)
The MANUAL (A Child Rearing Guide for the New Father)"The Manual" is a quirky, perhaps REDNECK approach to helping the first-time father raise a newborn son or daughter! It outlines the challenges every new father faces including changing diapers, bottle feeding, manners, potty training and a myriad of issues that he is not likely to consider until it is too late! The first-time father is at a huge disadvantage in dealing with a new baby today! He has never been taught the correct way to hold the baby, or feed the baby, or change the baby, or put the baby to sleep, or dress the baby. First time fathers have a higher incidence of heart attack, stroke, diarrhea, sweaty palms, uncontrollable flatulation, pink eye and more. But The Manual can cure those nasty conditions!! When a first-time father dives into The Manual he will quickly learn there are many potential dangers the HC001 (Human Child #1, or Your 1st Child) faces in the first few years of life, including sunburn, extreme cold, falling objects, fire and more. With the step-by-step guidance of The Manual a new father will learn how to safely navigate these and many other challenges he will face in the first few years of child-rearing. In this publication the author chooses to take a lighthearted, often comical approach to the day to day details of raising a newborn child. These seemingly superficial details can quickly escalate into full scale insanity if a new father is not equipped with the tools provided in this publication. Tools which help him learn how baby food should be fed to a baby. How often and when a baby should nap. How to change a diaper even in the most difficult of environments. How to teach a baby polite behavior, especially in public. Things a first-time father Should Never Do. And things a first-time father Must Do, if for no other reason than to preserve his sanity. Most of the practices outlined in The Manual, while possibly being viewed as "outdated" in today's society, really just apply a basic, common sense approach to raising a child resulting in your child becoming a well-rounded, self-confident adult. In the end, after reading The Manual, you, the first-time father, will enjoy an unbelievable sense of self-confidence when handling, feeding, changing diapers and dealing with the daily duties of caring for your new baby on an ongoing basis! Paul Pierce - Author
