What my son needs to know about the world.
This book by Frederick Buckman is written in an ironic style and consists of a series of individual essays that tell about fatherhood and growing up to his young son, who will also grow up sometime in the future:) The humor and depth of the essay can be seen even in their titles: What do you need to know about toilet lights?
- What do you need to know about Ikea?
- What you should know about football
- What you need to know about things What you should know about the masculine beginning What You Need to Know About God and Airports What You Need to Know About the Singing Giraffe
- What do you need to know about our differences with the mother of this Fecilia? What you should know about good and evil What you need to know about starting a rock band
- What you should know about love What do you need to know about why I hold your hand tighter than others?
In the end, the book discusses important things, but in the format of a conversation with a friend, rather than in the format of an edification from a parent. As a result, the father seems more understandable and closer to the son, especially given the introduction to the book in the format.
*My son.
Please forgive me. For all that I will do in the next eight years. For anything I miss. Anything I don't understand. For all the school calls you try not to talk about. ........ But when I get you, you should remember that for me you will always remain a one-year-old bug, standing naked in the middle of the hallway and pressing a rag lion to the chest, smiling with a white-toothed smile. When it's hard for me. When it's embarrassing for me. When I'm not fair. Please remember this day. The day you refused to admit where you put your car keys. And keep in mind, you started.
Your dad.*
And by the end of the book, after studying all the stories of the young dad, everything ends with a looping phrase from the introduction:And keep in mind, you actually started first."
P.S. It’s a very soulful book that’s easy to read and there’s a desire to learn to communicate with your children in a way that’s as simple, clear and ironic as Frederick does in this book.
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