The authors of the New York Times bestselling Awkward Family Photos franchise shine a light on the awkwardness of childhood. Warning: May cause uncontrollable laughter, snorting, and milk-spewing awkward moments for parents and kids alike.   Life isn’t perfect, and things don’t always go as planned. Like when you try to feed yourself and the food ends up all over your clothes. Or when you try to ride a bike and end up taking an epic spill. Or when you try to go potty and end up in the potty!   But laughing at ourselves makes it all a little easier, and a whole lot more entertaining. So go ahead and embrace all of life’s awkward moments. Because nobody’s perfect…but everyone’s awkward.From the Hardcover edition.

Product Description: An illustrated gift book that brings to life the universal parenting experience of saying strange and hilarious things to one's kids.     As the father of five boys (all under age 10), graphic designer Nathan Ripperger has found himself saying some rather funny, absurd, and downright bizarre things to his children, from "Stop riding that penguin, we're leaving" to "I am NOT talking to you until you are wearing underwear...read more

Product Description: Celebrate the wisdom of the sandbox—the witty, innocent, surprising, and yet completely sensible things that kids say and do. A little book with a big heart, Really Important Stuff My Kids Have Taught Me combines deceptively simple life lessons with engaging images that together not only offer insight but inspire joy...read more

Product Description: Face it: You were awesome when you were a kid. You feared nothing. You spoke your mind. You tried new things. You had imagination. Now you play by the rules, dress appropriately, and choose politeness over self-expression. Well, life's too short for that and this book proves it...read more

Product Description: A glimpse into the tribulations of parenting that is part documentary, part therapy, and completely hilarious. It all started when busy father Greg Pembroke posted a few pictures online of his three-year-old son, mid-tantrum, alongside the reason his son was crying: He had broken his bit of cheese in half...read more

Product Description: Previously published as I Am Better Than Your Kids.From the New York Times bestselling author of The Alphabet of Manliness, the creator of “The Best Page in the Universe,” and overall genius, comes an outrageous, laugh-out-loud critique of children’s artwork that finally cuts those little smug know-it-alls down to size...read more

Product Description: When preschool teacher Leslie McCollom created the Preschool Gems Twitter feed, it was because precious jewels were slipping through her fingers every day. Jewels like, "My mom lived in the 90's," “I'm feeling poisonous, baby kitty,” and “OK, but I'm still a dragon...read more

Product Description: A compulsive compendium of hilarious quips and quotes from children On Love: "You get shot with an arrow or something, but it's not meant to be as painful after that." Reciting The Lord’s Prayer: "Our Father which aren't in heaven ...read more

Product Description: A Tongue-in-Cheek Gift Book to Help Any Anxious Parent Raise the Prodigy of Their Dreams More helpful than Baby Mozart tapes, sign language bootcamps, or Mandarin lessons in the womb, this down-and-dirty field guide gives parents the exact steps they need to take in order to raise the next… Pope, highly paid TV anchorperson, Miss Universe, Governor of California, rocket scientist, bestselling author, mega-lawsuit lawyer, or more than twenty other occupations of their choosing...read more

Product Description: Oh, the blasmphemy! You're not supposed to hate children! They're adorable ...aren't they? Well, it's said that children are the greatest gift of all. But that doesn't mean you want to be seated next to one on a plane, does it? For the first time, Adrianne Frost lifts the lid on one of our last taboos, and reveals that not all kids are likeable...read more

Product Description: While it's inevitable that all of us will traumatize our children, even the most committed parents have lacked guidance in doing so deliberately and effectively. Don't leave your most important job to instinct and gut reactions. Whether you want to traumatize your children with the same techniques your parents used, or you prefer to choose an entirely new approach, this book will show you the way! Learn how to: *Determine your traumatizing type *Cultivate your children's resentment *Give your children enough material to write a memoir someday *Defend your choices against others who've opted to traumatize differently...read more

Product Description: Chill the glasses! The author of the wildly successful Three-Martini Playdate is back with more irreverent and useful advice about life with children. Wickedly funny essays offer helpful advice on harnessing the energy of toddlers-gone-wild: on vacation, out to dinner, even just when grandmother stops by for a visit...read more

Interpersonal Communication offers a blend of theory and skills that the reader can use to become “other-oriented”–mindfully considerate of the thoughts, needs, and values of others. Fueled by the authors' conviction that “skills inform principles; principles inform skills,” Interpersonal Communication: Relating to Others maintains a careful balance between theoretical and skills-oriented material. This book integrates a key emphasis on diversity with examples drawn from a variety of age and ethnic groups and special boxes that focus on gender and diversity issues. A chapter on intercultural communication supplements this integral material by relating it to the “other-oriented” approach.

A comedienne and actress shares tongue-in-cheek recommendations on how to interact with difficult children and their doting parents, presenting observations about a range of kid personality types in a wry format that includes such sidebars as, 'Parents Think It's Cute, But It Isn't.' Original. 30,000 first printing.

Characters such as the Siamese Quadruplets, Emily Amputee, and Narcoleptic Scottie populate a collection of thirteen warped, twisted, and hilarious tales. Reprint.

Product Description: Parents were here first! How did the kids suddenly take control? Sure the world has changed from the days when children were supposed to be seen and not heardbut things have gotten a little out of hand. What about some quality time for the grownups? Author Christie Mellor's hilarious, personal, refreshing, and actually quite useful advice delightfully rights the balance between parent and child...read more

Product Description: Book by Turteltaub, Saul, Turteltaub, Maxwell Lee, Turteltaub, Ross

Product Description: In this engaging little paperback, experienced writer, speaker, pastor, and father Mike Yaconelli takes a fresh look at the parent-child relationship. Light-hearted commentary and cartoons combine with practical tips to produce a book that will make a helpful and entertaining gift for any parent...read more

Covers the special skills required to deal with life child-style, including special tips on the proper ways to eat animal crackers, to torture younger siblings, and to flush goldfish down the toilet. Reprint. 25,000 first printing. (view table of contents)

Points out all the positive aspects of having children, such as refrigerator art, they can reach into small spaces to get things you've dropped, and you can buy more Barbies