Bibliograph

Someone could get hurt, a memoir of twenty-first-century parenthood, Drew Magary

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Someone could get hurt, a memoir of twenty-first-century parenthood, Drew Magary

Language

eng

resource.biographical

contains biographical information

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no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Someone could get hurt

Oclc number

814455051

Responsibility statement

Drew Magary

Sub title

a memoir of twenty-first-century parenthood

Summary

In brutally honest and funny stories, Drew Magary reveals how American mothers and fathers cope with being in over their heads (getting drunk while trick-or-treating, watching helplessly as a child defiantly pees in a hotel pool, engaging in role-play with a princess-crazed daughter), and how stepping back can sometimes make all the difference (talking a toddler down from the third story of a netted-in playhouse, allowing children to make little mistakes in the kitchen to keep them from making the bigger ones in life). It's a celebration of all the surprises--joyful and otherwise--that come with being part of a real family. In the wake of recent bestsellers that expose how every other culture raises their children better, Someone Could Get Hurt offers a hilarious and heartfelt defense of American child rearing with a glimpse into the genuine love and compassion that accompany the missteps and flawed logic. It's the story of head lice, almost-dirty words, and flat head syndrome, and a man trying to commit the ultimate act of selflessness in a selfish world

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