Would you take parenting advice from Tim McGraw?
The award-winning country crooner (turned fashion designer) and father of three girls is hoping you’ll part with $20 to read his take on how to parent daughters.
McGraw’s new children’s book titled, “My Little Girl,” hits bookshelves this week. The story details the relationship between a cowboy-ish dad and his daughter who spend the entire day together (with their dog) doing nothing in particular… on purpose.
According to McGraw, that’s the message he wants to send home to parents: You can have an extraordinary day with your daughters doing ordinary things.
“As long as you’re spending time with them, it doesn’t really matter what you do,” says McGraw, who penned the book with singer-songwriter Tom Douglas. (The duo also wrote McGraw’s hit song of the same title.)
The 41-year-old Grammy-award winner told reporters that while he enjoys spending time with his daughters (with superstar wife Faith Hill) – ages 11, 10 and 6 – he doesn’t always care to participate in their favorite activities, which include shopping, talking on the phone and getting pedicures.
“It’s something that as a father you kind of have to sacrifice what you want to do, because boys do what you want to do,” McGraw said. “If I want to go to the farm and shoot guns or ride four-wheelers in the mud when it’s 40 degrees … the girls aren’t really interested in doing that.”
But McGraw said instead of focusing on the fact that doesn’t have a son and that he is clearly outnumbered by females in his home he tries to come up with other ways to spend quality time with his girls.
The multi-platinum recording artist says he has found that it’s easier to bond with his daughters while doing simple tasks together such as running to the grocery store (a type of shopping) or driving them to and from their extra-curricular activities.
“Do what you have to do in your regular routine and take them with you,” McGraw advises. “It makes all the difference in the world.”
McGraw’s famous wife helped make the book a family affair by writing the forward: “I hope this story provides quality time for fathers and daughters to enjoy each other’s company and make memories reading together.”
McGraw noted to reporters that while Hill loved the book, his daughters were far less enthusiastic.
“If it doesn’t have Chris Brown or the Jonas Brothers involved, they don’t care,” he joked.
What do you make of McGraw’s parenting advice?
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