If you've ever looked at your kid, your house, or your sanity and thought, "There has to be an easier way..." congratulations, you're a normal parent. And this book is absolutely no help.The Unhinged Handbook for Parents is a satirical survival guide overflowing with brilliantly terrible ideas for navigating the beautiful disaster known as raising children. This is NOT the book you turn to for solutions. This is the book you turn to when you've run out of solutions...and patience.Packed with hundreds of wildly unhelpful, yet strangely effective, pieces of advice that real parents have tried, this hilarious handbook pokes fun at the pressure to be perfect and reminds you that most of us are just trying to keep these tiny humans alive while remembering where we left our coffee. Because parenting is all about survival. And we're figuring it out as we go. These are actual pieces of parental advice, from real parents, who are just as clueless as you, but decided to try it anyway. They just might work, even if you'd never admit you tried them, too.Inside, you'll discover wisdom like: Convincing the kids chocolates are actually fancy soaps so you can keep them all for yourself.Telling them the Wi-Fi "goes to bed" at 8 p.m. sharp to guarantee some quiet time.The old "your eyes change color when you lie" trick for instant honesty.Turning chores into a Cinderella-style game, so kids do the cleaning while you take a break.Tossing cheese puffs on the floor and letting the kids peck them up like little chickens, just to grab a few guilt-free minutes of peace.Perfect for: New parentsBaby shower giftsMother's Day / Father's DayFriends who need a laughAnyone contemplating a nap that lasts 3-5 business daysGive it as a gift. Keep it for yourself. Read it when your child is screaming. Or when you are.Jeremy Carson is a father who's not sure he should be doing half the things in this book. But parent's a giant experiment for us all. So, he's been field-testing all these unhinged pieces of advice on his own family. They're (mostly) in the process of forgiving him for it.
