It all happened so fast. He met his wife, then he met her kids, and then he met their abuser. And then he got yoinked into a pointless, cold war-style confrontation with the guy, who pulled every dirty trick imaginable to break up the new family. The old dad failed because, while he was spreading false rumors, the new dad was teaching them about ethics and existentialism. While the old dad was picking fights, the new dad was teaching them about biases and logical fallacies. And while the old dad was running away from the fights he'd picked, their new dad was teaching them about operant conditioning and memetic theory. In short, the old dad failed because he wasn't the real dad they needed. This book is a collection of lessons learned by this newly-minted stepdad, along with outlines for the lessons he taught to the pile of children he inherited, including: - Critical thinking skills,
- Interpreting body language,
- Dealing with bullies, and
- Joke writing (a skill that real dads desperately need!). If you're looking for a book about the process of becoming a stepparent, maybe this isn't the one for you. But if you're looking for a book about the
experience
of becoming a stepparent, then this might be what you're looking for.