Super Dad
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What is it like to be a Father?
Frank Cotterill-Boyce - author of Framed
Below is some questions I put to a "Super Dad", author Frank Cotterill-Boyce who has kindly
answered some questions for us. Frank has seven children, so I believe he has earnt the right
to provide these answers.
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How many children to you have, and do they like your books?
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I've got seven children (so far) and they like Millions and Framed. I read them the book I'm currently working on at Christmas thinking they'd love that too. They HATED it and I was so unnerved I started all over again. They like it now thank heavens.
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Do you find it harder to engage boys to read than girls?
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No. I've got four sons and I've spent a lot of time in schools the last few years. Plus I am a boy. I'm consciously writing for boys. Boys love stories! I really believe it's possible to entertain boys without doing car chases and guns and stuff.
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What advice would you give to a parent about introducing books to their children?
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Everyone loves being read to. Just spend half an hour reading to your kids every day. It's bonding, entertaining and it makes bedtime something to look forward to instead of a struggle.
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Do you have any tips for parents on how they can find the right book for their child?
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You can't beat browsing! Spend a bit of time in the library rather than the bookshop. Find something you're going to enjoy yourself. Make it a sharing thing. Even some books for the youngest can be fun for the grown-up too - Tiger Who Came to Tea, for instance, or The Gruffalo. Don't feel it has to be a new story every night. Kids seem to love familiarity and repetition.
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How will you be celebrating Father’s Day?
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I'll just be relaxing with the kids here in the garden. I assume someone else is going to do the cooking! In the evening I'll take my own dad out for a pint.
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What advice would you give to a dad who might be celebrating their first Father’s Day?
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No one really appreciates their parents till they become parents themselves, I think. Father's Day is a good time to think about how good your own Dad was. And how to avoid turning into him.
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What general advice could you give to parents to help them?
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Don't listen to advice! Find your own way. Advice is a mixture of nostalgia and whistful thinking.
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| Owen |
| My baby boy growin so quick. gona b yr old on 16 dec,can rem the birth like it woz yesterday....Read more |
| First birthday |
| Hi, for my daughter's birthday I used ebay and party ark. party ark is a fab website and they specialise...Read more |
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See details| Hi guys... | Hiya he is very cute congrats on such a beautiful boy
iv jus entered my son as im so proud of him. i love him so much he is jus so gorguess. from the 1st time i saw him i was in love.x
ill shut up now otherwise ill be writing all night about him
good luck x
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Click here to reply | | SLEEPLESS @ 4 MONTHS | HIYA
my son is 20 weeks old. allthough im not breastfeeding he was wakeing thow the night alot.
the dummy was the best thing for him as sometimes it wasnt hunger it was comfort he needed. so a dummy and a bam bam.
now it is hunger so i give him a bowl of porridge before bed and it seems to have worked
good luck
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