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My Daddy-ing Journey: A Single Parent's Struggle and Success

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My Daddy-ing Journey: A Single Parent's Struggle and Success

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Alejandro Betancourt
Nov 18, 2021
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My Daddy-ing Journey: A Single Parent's Struggle and Success

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For years, I've wanted to write a book about my journey from being a single parent. It fell to the back of my mind and stayed there for a long time until now.

My parenting journey began when my children were born in late December 2015; they were fraternal twins. As a single dad, I thought it was my duty to go beyond traditional parenting.

Being a dad is so much more than playing ball or picking up children from school.

Daddy-ing is about being there for your kids in all things, no matter how big or small.

You'll read about my blunders and triumphs as a parent with them, which stem from my ideal of what I should be as a dad.

This book is for my children, first and foremost. Second for anyone who may get something from it or gain some inspiration out of it.

I'm not a parenting expert, nor am I an "expert" on anything else related to parenthood either. This book is in no way a "guide" on parenting but rather an account of my own experience as one.

I decided to sel…

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