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 The Three-Martini Playdate: A Practical Guide to Happy Parenting :: 0811840549
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| Parents were here first! How did the kids suddenly take control? Sure the world has changed from the days when children were supposed to be seen and not heard -- but things have gotten a little out of hand. What about some quality time for the grownups? Author Christie Mellor's hilarious, personal, refreshing, and actually quite useful advice delightfully rights the balance between parent and child. In dozens of short, wickedly funny chapters, she skewers today's parental absurdities and reminds us how to make child-rearing a kick. With recipes, helpful hints, and illustrations, this high-spirited book is the only book parents will really need -- and enjoy. Editorial Descriptions are usually submitted by the manufacturers, publishers and authors. Contact us if you are one of them, and wish to change the above description. |
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Author: Guest
Love this book! I have always questioned whether the extreme child focus in the current mommying culture was necessary or even helpful. Other books to help you break the habit- Our Babies, Our Selves and The Myth of Motherhood by Shari Thurer. Let's get a REAL perspective on the "good old days" !!
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Author: Guest
I really enjoyed this book but felt that the author was a bit extreme. It was a bit darker and more acidic than I thought but still amusing with some good points beneath the sarcasm. Not for everyone, though.
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Author: Guest
I was very disappointed in this book. While there are a handful of funny lines scattered throughout the volume, it lacks the heart, warmth, and empathy of Vicki Iovine's wonderful series "the Girlfriend's Guides." Where Iovine makes hilarious fun of the many ways we all make child-rearing mistakes, Mellor plays a one-note tune about making sure your kids know who's boss. Mellor provides us with a paean to discipline (put the kids to bed on time, don't buy too many toys, don't let them decide how many cookies, etc.) and her images of adult life seem to come straight out of the 1950s (grownups drinking cocktails; dads work and don't pitch in on child care).
This book provides neither insightful childrearing advice nor humorous tales of parental life. I wouldn't bother.
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Author: Guest
Content is very humorous, and every parent can relate
to the stories. I took a lot out of the book, and also
decided that I am COMPLETE pushover, and will end up
ruining my child, if I continue to spoil him. Every
parent should read this book!
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Author: Guest
What to do in this child-centered world of ours? Laugh at it, of course. I loved this book, which I read in one sitting. Then I passed it around at a mother-daughter book club, with the subversive idea of creating a little perspective on our parenting styles. One friend grabbed it, devoured it at home, and passed it on to her friend, who was griping about how over-the-top a friend of theirs was. I got it back a few weeks later, with assurances that it had spread not only levity but shared consciousness among mothers wondering why they just didn't get into some of the more hyper-active parenting going on around us. Buy a bunch and hand them around as needed.
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