Indigenous Fathers by Thomas A Mayor.

With all my flaws as a parent, and as a man, I never imagined I would ever write a book about parenthood. I have made as many mistakes and have made as many bad decisions as I have made good. Of course, we are our greatest self-critics. But I think when it comes to fatherhood especially, this isn’t a bad thing.

For Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander men like me, self-criticism isn’t difficult—self-criticism to the point that it is detrimental rather than good. Indigenous fathers like me were taught in school that