The Hardest Job I've Ever Had - Stay-at-Home Dad: Raising Schoolkids - A Memoir of Stressful Parenting and its Effect on Relationships and Sense of Id (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781692996819)

"This book made me feel so normal in my parenting life! I know I'm not alone!" "As a mom, I got more validation out of these pages than I ever did out in the parenting world. So good to read a book that gets it."

"He does great at describing how being a stay at home parent is learning that you don't like the isolation, but you also don't know how to have normal conversations when you are finally around other adults so you hide from them while simultaneously wanting them. It's a vicious cycle!"

"As a mom, what I loved (LOVED) about this book is how acutely Gilbert skewers the soul-draining isolation, the 'consistently traumatic' navigation between meltdown shoals, the confounding guilt and anger, the 'underwater slog' of the morning routine, and the chronic debilitation of incessantly worrying about the kids that is the stuff of almost all moms' daily life."

"It's amazing how one book can make you feel so not alone through this parenting journey. Being a stay at home mom for 7years, I could relate word for word, front to back. I will say, how nice it is to FINALLY not feel so alone through this crazy life of a SAHP, that my feelings are normal."

"This is not a 'chronicle of a clown-dad' (although it is laugh-out-loud funny) but a gender-neutral war story about the hair-tearing, brain-scarring, and precious job of being a SAHP (stay-at-home parent) to three girls. As Gilbert says, parenting is the most thankless job in the universe."

"Spliced in are more nuanced and serious musings on things like the implosive impact of no time to exercise, the loss of creativity, the stripping away of identity, and the guilt he feels (yep, guilt gets mentioned a lot around parents) at not always finding parenting the fun he thought it would be."

"Lance captures every aspect of being a SAHP; the good, the bad, the ugly, & the beautiful. I laughed, I cried, I related." "Absolutely loved this book! A must read for any parent, stay-at-home or not! I could relate to everything from the first page till the last. It helped me with the guilt and loneliness feeling. Thanks for capturing all the beauty and nastiness of being a SAHP so well!"

"Many times, I felt as if the author was in my head, living my life! It felt great to know I'm not the only one out there on this rollercoaster of parent life. At times, I forgot the author was a male." "I found myself laughing at the realness, relatability, and the humor of it all. From the feelings of isolation and loneliness yet no mental energy or time to socialize to the endless laundry and dishes and cooking and kid drama, I felt myself nodding along in camaraderie as I read. This book truly helped me on an emotional and mental level."

"Although Lance goes through the tasks of a stay at home parent, which in themselves aren't really exciting, he does it in such a relatable and humorous way you are eager to read on. If that isn't a sign of an excellent writer, I don't know what is."

Are you a mom or dad? Have you or your spouse ever been a full-time stay-at-home parent? Join former Human Resources and Recruitment professional Lance Gilbert during the first year of the hardest job he's ever had! Lance didn't know what he was in for and was utterly shocked at just how stressful and exhausting the hidden life of a stay-at-home parent really is.