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With any new baby, there's an endless list of unexpecteds — but what first-time dad Joe Gonzales least expected was his own crisis of confidence. Suddenly the 32-year-old wondered about going out alone with his infant son, what people would think, and if he could handle any medical or diaper-related emergencies. At his lower moments, he even recalls asking himself: If I take him to the bathroom, are people gonna think I stole this kid? It wasn't until last October, when he put out a call to other new dads in his Brooklyn neighborhood suggesting a meetup in McCarren Park, that he began to relax.

"We just sat around and talked. No pride, just, 'Hey I'm learning this, you're learning this,'" Gonzales tells Popsugar. "There's a lot that goes into parenting that's maybe ne

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