{"product_id":"soft-eyes-strong-spine","title":"Soft Eyes, Strong Spine","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Eric Brockman\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTitle:\u003c\/b\u003e Soft Eyes, Strong Spine\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber Of Pages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRelease Date:\u003c\/b\u003e 2026-03-27\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDetails:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eKids don't inherit your advice.\u003cbr\u003eThey inherit your defaults.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMany fathers believe the answer to parenting challenges is better explanations, firmer discipline, or trying harder to get it right.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut children often respond to something the steadiness of the room.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSoft Eyes, Strong Spine is part memoir, part field guide for fathers navigating separation, divorce, and the quiet complexity of staying present in their children's lives.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWritten from lived experience, the book explores how steadiness--not perfection--shapes the atmosphere children grow up inside.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThrough real scenes--kitchens, tense text threads, airport gates, and ordinary evenings at home--it shows how fatherhood is tested in small moments where presence matters most.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRather than offering lectures or formulas, Soft Eyes, Strong Spine focuses on the deeper skills that help fathers stay calm, clear, and connected when life gets loud.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eInside, readers will learn how \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eregulate emotional reactivity without shutting downmove through conflict without collapsing or controllinghold boundaries with calm awareness and firm steadinessstay connected to their children without making them carry adult strainshow up at the right emotional clear, steady, true\u003cbr\u003eThis book is \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003enewly divorced men rebuilding their footingfathers determined to stay close to their childrenparents navigating co-parenting, teenagers, or the quiet houseanyone learning how to regain steadiness during life transitions\u003cbr\u003ePart memoir and part practical reflection, Soft Eyes, Strong Spine reframes fatherhood not as a role to perform, but as a posture to embody.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSoft Eyes\u003c\/b\u003e is the presence that makes children feel safe.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eStrong Spine\u003c\/b\u003e is the steadiness that keeps you from folding.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTogether they form a quiet philosophy for modern \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eStay calm.\u003cbr\u003eStay clear.\u003cbr\u003eStay connected.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEverything begins there.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEAN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798994504819\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguages:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Eric Brockman","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53414673776947,"sku":"9798994504819","price":25.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0949\/3636\/7411\/files\/9798994504819.jpg?v=1780296595","url":"https:\/\/bookabaloo.com\/products\/soft-eyes-strong-spine","provider":"Bookabaloo","version":"1.0","type":"link"}