Parenting Is Easy: You're Probably Just Doing It Wrong

Given, Sara

ISBN 10: 0761185658 / ISBN 13: 9780761185659

Published by Workman Publishing Company, 2015

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Seller Inventory # 0761185658-11-19173071

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Parenting Is Easy: You're Probably Just Doing It Wrong
• Publisher: Workman Publishing Company
• Publication Date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0761185658
• ISBN 13: 9780761185659
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: New
• Weight: 13 ounces

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Synopsis

Imagine a world where pregnant women are always upbeat and glowing, newborns sleep on cue, toddlers love to have their teeth brushed, and teenagers gaze adoringly at their parents. Impossible, you say? Not according to advertisers who flood the web with stock photos of perfect parents and children. They’d have you believe that parenting is a piece of cake, and every significant moment of family life takes place on a spotless white couch.

So when Sara Given, a real mother of a real toddler, saw a picture of a radiant new mother in a cute little sundress breastfeeding her newborn in the middle of a golf course, she finally had enough. She launched a Tumblr, which is now visited by tens of thousands of new parents looking for a daily pick-me-up.

Because what better way is there to deal with the stress and strain of being a new parent than laughter? The perfect gift of cheer and solidarity, Parenting Is Easy exploits the disconnect between these preposterous photos and what happens in real life, and makes every reader laugh out loud—and feel better, too, because we’re in on the joke.

About the Author

Sara Given, founder of the enormously popular Tumblr blog “It’s Like They Know Us,” lives in Columbus, Ohio, with her husband, daughter, and one very anxious cat named Gus. Growing up, she was often told, “No one is ever going to pay you just to goof around.”