Guide To Pirate Parenting
by Tim Bete
136 pages
Humor, Parenting, Non-Fiction
Cold Tree Press (April 1, 2007)
My personal rating: 70/100
There is no way you’d want your kids to end up like just a regular person, BORING!! Pirates are the way to go, rude obnoxious, and overbearing – just the perfect child, right? Have you ever considered that you only have exactly 18 years to instill piratey behavour and values into your child? You have from the moment your child is born, til the day he turns 18 to indoctrinate him to be the best pirate then after that it is all up to him. Guide to Pirate Parenting takes the reader on a journey of humor, wit and plenty of pirate nonsense so as to have you laughing so much your tummy hurts in no time. If raising a pirate has seemed daunting to you in the past, this tome will take you through the process in heart beat and describe step buy step with checklists and Q&A sessions with Cap’n Billy “The Butcher” MacDougall himself!
I enjoyed Guide to Pirate Parenting, and laughed most of the way through, it is just too silly to not! Some humor and pirate speak was a good break from my well-loved novel streak. It is funny, crazy and so nuts that it had me laughing since the first page. It isn’t my usual read, but I enjoyed the break. This book would work well as a gift for dads, from the seasoned father, to the man who is waiting for his wife to birth their very first pirate baby. There is so much about starting your pirate kids out young that it would be perfect as a baby shower gift or for father’s day.
Get started out right on your journey to become a pirate raising family! If pirates are your passion, this is your book. If you enjoy a good laugh, this is your book. Unless you can’t stand the heat of a good belly wrentching giggle, you lily livered land lubbers!! ARRRRRRG. Enjoy.
My personal rating: 70/100
Guide To Pirate Parenting: Tim Bete’s Website
Have no dobut, we are starting out the pirate love young, yes pirates we be.
I think the pirate parenting is right on track in our house.
How to Mess Up Your Child’s Life
Proven Strategies & Practical Tips
by Olivia and Kurt Bruner
Authors of Playstation Nation
208 pages
FaithWords (March 25, 2009)
Written to equip every parent to be a master at creating the perfect messed up kid, granting each parent the ability to destroy their child mind, body and soul. Olivia and Kurt Bruner’s book How To Mess Up Your Child’s Life is an intensely humours book on how to create and perfect the kid who we’ve all seen, the one we’ve wished was our own: the one who constantly feels entitled to all his birthday gifts and does not know the words ‘thank you’, the little girl who throws a fit to get her way and her parents happily give in, the grown man who pushes an elderly woman out of his way because he needs to get there first. Yes, we have all seen and admired these people, and wished for them in our own lives and now with the genius help of Oliver and Kurt Bruner you too can have children who are the envy of messed up!
Not really, no. Well you could…but I am guessing you got the sarcasm in those above lines (you did right??) So, this book is genius, but because it is funny, filled with truth and very insightful, on what NOT to do just as much as on what TO do. I have read Doctor Dobson, and other such gurus before, but this book is by far my favourite parenting book to date. It really is displayed and explained in a way that makes sense! Olivia and Kurt break down the chapters into “the seven deadly sins” of which they explain all other sins stem out of. At the end of each chapter there is are activities to reinforce the attitudes in your children, movies to watch to help them understand, and goofy games and things to do as a family to help you all grasp the darkness of each sin.
Just so you get a taste, I’ll list the chapters:
Chapter One: Nurturing an Enormous Ego
(Deadly Sin: Pride)
Chapter Two: Inspiring Lasting Discontent
(Deadly Sin: Envy)
Chapter Three: Encouraging an Expressive Temper
(Deadly Sin: Anger)
Chapter Four: Feeding a Voracious Appetite
(Deadly Sin: Gluttony)
Chapter Five: Discouraging Frivolous Generosity
(Deadly Sin: Greed)
Chapter Six: Fostering Total Dependence
(Deadly Sin: Sloth)
Chapter Seven: Condoning Sensual Gratification
(Deadly Sin: Lust)
Chapter Eight: Instilling Faith
(Whatever You Do, Don’t!)
Personally I got more out of this book in understanding kids, and myself than any other book. I loved the style and thought it was really funny. How To Mess Up Your Child’s Life is written in a way that really made sense to me and to which I could relate to. It wasn’t all about creating the perfect child, making him perfect in all aspects. It is more a molding and modeling and allowing the growth to be the fruit rather than what was demanded. I feel it attacks the key issues and leaves the rest. As a parent I am constantly working on choosing the battles that are actually important (versus the fact that a child is just really getting on my nerves) and Olivia and Kent really hit it home in this one. Highly recommended.
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