It's Hard to Be a Dad. Unfictional Lessons of Fatherhood

For children, a dad is an object of admiration and imitation: smart, strong, and definitely kind, capable of teaching by example the main things - faith, love, and mercy. He also teaches how to swim, make a fire, catch fish,... fly a kite, and a thousand other skills that are hard to imagine childhood without. But is it really easy for dads to be like that?

The famous Orthodox writer, psychologist, and regular contributor to the magazine ‘Foma’, Alexander Tkachenko shares his challenging experience as a father of a large family. Serious topics and problematic situations are addressed with subtle self-irony, utmost sincerity, and filled with vivid pictures from the practice of raising his own children.