Nobody hands you a manual when you become a parent. Kids... According to Mark is a warm, honest, sometimes funny guide to raising children — from the first flutter of pregnancy through the complicated, wonderful years of growing up: surviving the newborn stage, navigating school, dinner table rules, allowance, screens, and restaurants. Real-world wisdom from a father who lived it, made mistakes, laughed at himself, and came out the other side with two remarkable daughters and a marriage still standing strong. Written with a great deal of help from his wife, Melinda A. Doutt.