The practical guide for Aussie blokes.The first book was yarns. The second was thirty days. This one is the long job.Kids do not reset on Monday. They watch the week you actually live.I wrote this for the bloke who already works, already pays, and can feel himself becoming the man he swore he would not copy. You do not need a new personality. You need a few rooms you do not leave early.The country is loud about kids. One lot will tell you a father is a danger until proven otherwise. The other lot will tell you a father is a king and the house should clap when he walks in. Both of those are ads. Neither of them will help you at half past six when a small person is crying about a sock and you have not taken your boots off.If you came here for a list that makes you look dangerous on the internet, keep walking. If you came here because you want the kid to get a version of you that is useful, stay.What it isFifty-three pages. The hospital corridor. The doorway after work. The table. The phone. The sideline. The school gate. Boys. Girls. Money. FIFO. Their mother. Your old man. The quiet.Each chapter is short on purpose. What it looks like. How to get it right. Five rules you can keep in your head when you are tired.What it is not- Not a certificate- Not a 12-week program- Not a morning routine- Not a lecture from a man with a framed voice- Not a side in the culture warWho it is forMen with kids in the house, or about to be. Men who work away. Men who married in. Uncles who do more than uncles used to. Men who are good on the tools and sloppy in the first ten minutes after they get home.Who it is not forAnyone looking for a villain. Anyone who wants a slogan they can post. Anyone who thinks the child should clap when he walks in.What's inside- The first year- Come home- The table- Screens- Other people's highlights- What they swallow- The machine- Sport- School- The voice you use- Boys- Girls- Money they can see- FIFO and distance- Discipline- Their mother- Your old man- The ones who aren't yours- The stuff- The body- The quiet- A last wordHand-drawn pictures throughout. A designed PDF, not a Word export in a costume. Instant download after payment.If the kid is already in the house, you did not miss the start. You are in it.A$24. The book is yours when you pay.— Daz BrennanCarpenter. Site supervisor. Melbourne. Still on the tools.