The Ultimate Guide for Gay Dads

Everything You Need to Know about LGBTQ Parenting but Are (Mostly) Afraid to Ask

By: Eric Rosswood, Greg Berlanti - foreword

Narrated by: Paul Michael Garcia, Richard Powers

Length: 5 hrs and 36 mins

Publisher's Summary

Are you ready to have kids? More and more gay men are turning to adoption and surrogacy to start their own families. An estimated two million American LBGTQ people would like to adopt and an estimated 65,000 adopted children are living with a gay parent. In 2016, the Chicago Tribune reported that 10 to 20 percent of donor eggs went to gay men expanding their families via surrogacy, and in many places the numbers were up 50 percent from the previous five years.

Having a kid is like coming out all over again, on a daily basis, especially if you have an infant. Was coming out stressful for you? It's about to get more intense and you will have a child watching your every move and listening to your every word. If you stutter or pause, they may pick up on your discomfort and could start to feel like something is wrong about their family unit. The Ultimate Guide for Gay Dads is jam-packed with parenting tips and advice to help you build confidence and become the awesome gay dad you were meant to be!

Unlike other parenting books that have whole chapters focusing on things specifically related to mothers (such as how to get the perfect latch when breastfeeding), this parenting book replaces those sections with things relevant to gay dads. It covers topics like how to find LGBT-friendly pediatricians, how to find LGBT-friendly schools, how to childproof your home with style, how to answer awkward and prying questions about your family from strangers, examples for what two-dad families can do on Mother's Day, and much more. The audiobook also includes parenting tips and advice from pediatricians, school educators, lawyers, and other same-sex parents.

Best-selling author Eric Rosswood covers every aspect of fatherhood for gay men in this essential guide to growing your family in the post-DOMA era.

©2018 Eric Rosswood (P)2018 Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Good starter book for gay dads

I wouldn’t recommend this book for someone that needs more in-depth knowledge on the tid bits of how to get a new born on a sleep schedule etc, this book was more on one family’s experience with a few other family experiences and stories in each chapter. The author tried to include to many topics and didn’t really give one topic full details like other books on how to raise newborns etc. But over all for someone that hasn’t got a clue in the world and needs to start off somewhere - it’s a good starting book to give you ideas to research or go find out more upon.

Mostly centered on infants.

This book is primarily centered on universal infant care information, with a little bit in the beginning and end about issues specific gay fathering, and a teeny tiny bit dedicated to parenting older children. While useful for those with infants, it may not be the best resource for those adopting/parenting older children.

Overwhelmingly disappointing

There are literally hundreds of books on parenting so was thrilled there was one geared to gay parents.

This book perpetuates stereotypes, and doesn't offer a uniquely gay perspective.

I guessed getting a dad bod, and being hit the balls was par for the course of parenthood. I could have googled a list of words for dad in a foreign language. And there are hundreds of books on picking names. And did you really say I may want to put my designer clothes in stogage?!

So far the book has given me nothing except reassurance that I have nothing to fear. If Eric can do it, anyone can.