We Were Here First, Kid : A Practical Guide to Happy Parenting

by Christie Mellor

Ever since the enlightened days of child-centred parenting, the kids of the house have ruled the roost. Parents are the down-trodden providers whose role it is to 'hot-house' and pamper their little darlings to become the brain surgeons and NASA scientists of the next generation. But enough is enough. It's time to fight back! And with the help of this handy little guide, parents everywhere will learn how to enjoy their own 'grown up' quality time! 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, such as 'Child Not Just for the Third World', ' Is Five-Thirty P.M. too Early?', 'Children's Why?' and ' Is Six Hours a Day Too Much?' Mellor skewers today's parental absurdities and reminds us how to make child-rearing fun again. With recipes, helpful hints and illustrations, this high-spirited book is the only guide parents will really need - and enjoy.

Hardcover

First published March 7, 2005

About the author

Author of The Three-Martini Playdate, Fun Without Dick & Jane, three other books and a few screenplays, SAG/ATRA member and former working actor, singer of Depression-era and original songs with Doozy (in Los Angeles), and lifelong self-taught artist. Born & raised in San Francisco, lived many years in Los Angeles, then painted in a small kitchen in New York City, now painting on another small island somewhere.

Reviews

[Julia · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book was laugh-out-loud funny, but if you're really sensitive I would avoid it! The author is hysterical but seriously judgemental ... gives some good tips and things to think about while raising kids though!