Always Wear Clean Underwear: And Other Ways Parents Say I Love You

Gellman, Marc; Tilley, Debbie

ISBN 10: 0688144926 ISBN 13: 9780688144920

Publisher: William Morrow & Co, 1997

Synopsis

Offers young readers insight into what parents think through an examination of the common phrases, warnings, and teachings that are given by parents to their children on a regular basis.

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Grade 3-6. Gellman's warm, witty, and instructive primer for children about the whys and wherefores of parenting will help them understand their parents' motivations for discipline. The author describes his own childhood frustration and curiosity with his mother's endless injunctions to eat his vegetables (especially the dreaded green-bean casserole), to share his toys, clean his room, take out the trash, and not to hit his sister. When he became a parent, Gellman came to realize that such commands are part of a greater master catalogue that he calls "The List." In lighthearted but sincere prose, he explains that items found on this record of seemingly endless commandments have little meanings and big meanings. Each of the 30+ short chapters is devoted to one of these parental injunctions children hear while growing up to be good people. The author explains reasons for each rule and brings more than a little wisdom and often gentle humor to the process. His explanations are so lucid and insightful that this wise and refreshing book will be great for shared reading. Tilley's occasional small cartoons add another note of levity.?Jerry D. Flack, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs
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Edition details

• Publisher: William Morrow & Co
• Publication date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0688144926
• ISBN 13: 9780688144920
• Binding: Library Binding
• Number of pages: 112