Far from the conventional parenting book, KNOW WHEN TO HOLD ‘EM will encourage readers as they see parenting and fatherhood through a new lens --- that of adventurer, risk-taker. John Blase moves into new territory to invite fathers and parents to look at the risk and challenge --- and great rewards of parenting --- as he invites readers into his imperfect, yet loveable home.

Written with the raw prose of one who is there, smack dab in the middle of possibly the greatest challenge of a person’s life, Blase says, “What I’ve seen so far has convinced me that being a father is a lot like gambling --- fatherhood is a risk-tasking venture.

Featuring an intensely personal voice and filtered through a brass-knuckled optimism, this book offers what very few books on parenting do --- the real, true, raw reality and joys of fatherhood.