You're Going to Be a Dad

The test is positive. Everyone is overjoyed. So, why are you secretly convinced you are the one man about to get this badly wrong?

Here is what nobody tells expectant fathers. That fear is not a flaw. It is the first proof of how much you already care. Left unspoken, though, it hardens into the things that bring good men down: the drifting, the short fuse, the slow repeat of your own dad's mistakes.

Most baby books hand you a checklist of prams and nappies. You're Going to Be a Dad goes somewhere braver. It digs into the real psychology of becoming a father. The identity earthquake. The provider panic. The bond you must build rather than wait to feel. The mental health nobody ever thinks to ask about.

With the latest thinking on mindset, emotional intelligence and lasting behaviour change, Craig Beck cuts through the myths with blunt honesty and dry humour, like the straight-talking mate every new dad wishes he had.

Inside, you will learn:

• Why love often does not strike at first sight, and how it is truly built.
• The "fixer" reflex that pushes your partner away exactly when she needs you closest.
• How to break the inherited patterns you swore you would never pass on.
• The small, deliberate shifts that turn a frightened man into a present, confident father.

This is not a book about surviving fatherhood. It is about being transformed by it, on purpose.

Your child will not remember these first months. They will spend a lifetime shaped by the man you become in them.

So, here is the only question that matters. Will you sleepwalk through the biggest change of your life, or meet it wide awake?