Driving Parents to Drink?
Posted by Richard Kuhlenschmidt Thu, 15 Jun 2006 22:27:00 GMT
I had to laugh when I read the titles for these two new books, “Sippy Cups Are Not for Chardonnay – and Other Things I Had To Learn as a New Mom” and “Daddy Needs a Drink: An Irreverent Look at Parenting From a Dad Who Truly Loves His Kids – Even When They’re Driving Me Nuts,” certainly give the impression that parenting requires a lot more than a healthy dose of stamina.
“Sippy Cups” is by Stefanie Wilder-Taylor, a Los Angeles writer and comedian, is described as “empathetic straight dirt on parenting, tackling everything from Mommy & Me classes, written in busy Mom-friendly short essays.
“Daddy Needs a Drink” author Robert Wilder (no relation to Wilder-Taylor), a Santa Fe, New Mexico high-school teacher, shares warmly funny stories on everything from sleep deprivation to why school-sponsored charities can turn otherwise sane adults into blithering and begging idiots.
These sound like couple of good summer reads to have along with your tall Mai Tai!
