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An absolutely delightful addition to the parenting canon from 'Captain Dad' ( don't call him 'Mr. Mom') Pat Byrnes. Captain Dad illustrates (literally, with a dozen or so laugh-out-loud cartoons) the 'manly art' of stay-at-home parenting. He pulls it off with great wit, warmth, and some bombshell revelations. Never would I think of a jockstrap as part of the parenting uniform or that (outrageously!) dads don't have 'potty parity' in diaper changing rooms. And as a mom, this is a must-have book for sweet vindication alone. Captain Dad confirms that when it comes to fulltime parenting, wimps need not apply. Welcome, Captain Dad, to our tired, unwashed, unpaid, and undervalued army. Now, let's get you some yoga pants! <br>--Linda Keenan, author of Suburgatory<br><br><br> With a healthy serving of humor and loads of practical tips, Pat Byrnes walks us through the daring, difficult, and ultimately rewarding life of the stay-at-home dad. He celebrates the vocation through his hilarious and sometimes moving personal vignettes and gives first-time dads an almost unfair head start. If I were giving grades, I'd give Captain Dad an A. --Justin Roberts, Grammy-nominated children's musician

"""This very funny book is full of useful information that first-time dads are unlikely to find elsewhere. For example: Wear a cup.""—Dave Barry, author of the New York Times bestseller Insane City""A hilarious, insightful look at the splendors (?) of parenting through the eyes of a stay-at-home dad. Spoiler alert: He survives!""—Roz Chast, New Yorker cartoonist""This entertaining and informative book is written by one of America's 158,000 stay-at-home dads. But it's just as relevant to the other 25 million dads. And moms. And grandparents. And on and on."" —AJ Jacobs, New York Times best-selling author of The Year of Living Biblically, The Know-It-All, and Drop Dead Healthy ""An absolutely delightful addition to the parenting canon from 'Captain Dad' (don't call him 'Mr. Mom') Pat Byrnes. Captain Dad illustrates (literally, with a dozen or so laugh-out-loud cartoons) the 'manly art' of stay-at-home parenting. He pulls it off with great wit, warmth, and some bombshell revelations. Never would I think of a jockstrap as part of the parenting uniform or that (outrageously!) dads don't have 'potty parity' in diaper changing rooms. And as a mom, this is a must-have book for sweet vindication alone. Captain Dad confirms that when it comes to fulltime parenting, wimps need not apply. Welcome, Captain Dad, to our tired, unwashed, unpaid, and undervalued army. Now, let's get you some yoga pants!"" —Linda Keenan, author of Suburgatory ""With a healthy serving of humor and loads of practical tips, Pat Byrnes walks us through the daring, difficult, and ultimately rewarding life of the stay-at-home dad. He celebrates the vocation through his hilarious and sometimes moving personal vignettes and gives first-time dads an almost unfair head start. If I were giving grades, I'd give Captain Dad an A."" —Justin Roberts, Grammy-nominated children's musician ""Just in time for Father's Day, Lyons Press will release Captain Dad: The Manly Art of Stay-at-Home Parenting by Pat Byrnes. . . . His stories and insights will likely resonate with many families."" —Publishers Weekly"

This very funny book is full of useful information that first-time dads are unlikely to find elsewhere. For example: Wear a cup. --Dave Barry, author of the New York Times bestseller Insane City <br> A hilarious, insightful look at the splendors (?) of parenting through the eyes of a stay-at-home dad. Spoiler alert: He survives! --Roz Chast, New Yorker cartoonist <br> This entertaining and informative book is written by one of America's 158,000 stay-at-home dads. But it's just as relevant to the other 25 million dads. And moms. And grandparents. And on and on. --AJ Jacobs, New York Times best-selling author of The Year of Living Biblically, The Know-It-All, and Drop Dead Healthy <br> An absolutely delightful addition to the parenting canon from 'Captain Dad' ( don't call him 'Mr. Mom') Pat Byrnes. Captain Dad illustrates (literally, with a dozen or so laugh-out-loud cartoons) the 'manly art' of stay-at-home parenting. He pulls it off with great wit, warmth, and some bombshell revelations. Never would I think of a jockstrap as part of the parenting uniform or that (outrageously!) dads don't have 'potty parity' in diaper changing rooms. And as a mom, this is a must-have book for sweet vindication alone. Captain Dad confirms that when it comes to fulltime parenting, wimps need not apply. Welcome, Captain Dad, to our tired, unwashed, unpaid, and undervalued army. Now, let's get you some yoga pants! <br>--Linda Keenan, author of Suburgatory <p> With a healthy serving of humor and loads of practical tips, Pat Byrnes walks us through the daring, difficult, and ultimately rewarding life of the stay-at-home dad. He celebrates the vocation through his hilarious and sometimes moving personal vignettes and gives first-time dads an almost unfair head start. If I were giving grades, I'd give Captain Dad an A. --Justin Roberts, Grammy-nominated children's musician<br> Just in time for Father's Day, Lyons Press will release Captain Dad: The Man

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It may not take a rocket scientist to draw cartoons—or raise kids—but Detroit native Pat Byrnes (a.k.a. Captain Dad) erred on the side of caution by getting his Aerospace degree at the University of Notre Dame. He joined General Dynamics–Convair as the first pre-design engineer (the brainstorming guys) they had ever taken directly out of undergrad. Despite this privilege, he knew his calling was elsewhere. For a time, he honed his creative skills writing ad copy for big agencies like W. B. Doner in Detroit and J. Walter Thompson in Chicago. He scripted ads for everything from cheese to menstrual relief products, and won buckets of awards, from the Addy to the Clio. During this time, he moonlighted with experimental comedy acts, to much critical acclaim (even notoriety) in Chicago's then crackling night club scene. He left writing ads for reading them as a voiceover actor. Between auditions, he finally found time to answer his above-mentioned calling: Cartooning. Since 1998, Pat has been a regular contributor to The New Yorker. Before dad duties slashed his working hours, he was also a staple in Reader's Digest, Wall Street Journal and America Magazine. For three years, he created the syndicated comic strip, ""Monkeyhouse."" He has won the National Cartoonists Society Award for advertising illustration, and awards for his sonnets. He also writes musicals. And he used to paint when he had the time. His gag cartoons appeared for the first time in book form in What Would Satan Do? and again in Because I'm the Child Here and I Said So. His most recent book is Eats Shoots & Leaves—Illustrated Edition by Lynne Truss (Gotham 2008) of which he is the illustrator. More recently, he is the inventor of the Smurks; initially intended to be an iPhone app to help friends share their feelings better on their handheld devices, Smurks is now being embraced as a powerful new tool to help people with autism connect with their emotions and to help neuroscientists study the brain's responses to nonverbal facial expressions. Pat is married to Lisa Madigan, who, in addition to being charming and beautiful, is also the Attorney General of the State of Illinois. They live a surprisingly quiet life with their delightful daughters, Rebecca and Lucy, on the banks of the Chicago River.

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