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The Daddy Track and the Single Father

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I'm not a single father, but as I read this I kept thinking, "I wish every single father could read this." The book is full of anecdotes from single fathers and I think readers with that identity will see themselves in these men and not feel isolated. It's written in an easy style that men of all education levels should be able to understand. It does not disrespect women and shouldn't be deemed as chauvinist merely because it focuses upon a male population.

I would critique the title. They spoke about the "daddy track" at work, but it was not the first or main topic. This book would have been better titled, "The Single Father and the Daddy Track."

This book looks at the diversity of children. It often asks if various phenomena are harder on the children based upon sex or age. However, it treats the single fathers mostly as a monolithic group. Sometimes it'll mention region and class among the fathers, but other identities are ignored. For example, some say that divorce is more controversial among Catholics or Latinos. Do the fathers in those groups take the dissolution of their marriages worse than other husbands? This work mentions mothers who come out as lesbian, but what about fathers who come out as gay?

Again, I think this book would put many men at ease. It may be an idea gift for others who want to show support for fathers who recently became single parents.