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Sam Delaney talks to Dads Space

 

Earlier this year, Dads Space spoke to Sam Delaney, editor of Heat magazine and author of Night of the Living Dad. Enjoy!

Night of the Living Dad

Night of the Living Dad is like an anti-parenting book: not that it’ll give you bad advice about parenting, but it’s about as honest and refreshing as Sainsbury’s Basics Breakfast Juice. Breakfast Juice: grapefruit and orange juice, for drinking at breakfast. Night of the Living Dad: being a dad will make you reconsider your own upbringing, your own perspectives on fatherhood, and the merits of In the Night Garden: “The dim-witted, sponge-like characters tit about in their brightly coloured, hypnotic netherworld.”

Sam Delaney is smart, funny and frank, and maybe no book we here at Dads Space have read made us laugh, cry, and nod as knowingly as Night of the Living Dad. 
Daddy-daughter days

One of the great myths about fatherhood is that dads bond more naturally with sons than daughters. Sam Delaney is dad to a 3-year old girl, and he describes above how the relationship between a dad and a daughter can be exceptionally strong.

Father knows best

Sometimes, you might feel that father role models fall into two categories: the tweed-suited, trilby-hatted stern dad of yesteryear, or that Homer Simpson/Peter Griffin-type of goofball who seems as thick on the inside as they are on the outside. Sam Delaney talks about types of Dad, and how to be your own style of father:
Terrible twos

Finally, Sam Delaney offers some great advice on coping with the terrible twos:


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