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Daddy, Stop Talking!: And Other Things My Kids Want But Won't Be Getting

by Adam Carolla

A comic broadside against overindulgent parenting

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    Author of New York Times bestselling books

    The metadata describes Adam Carolla as a New York Times bestselling author of President Me, Not Taco Bell Materi...

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A comic broadside against overindulgent parenting

Adam Carolla approaches family life through blunt, deliberately provocative humor, using memories of his own difficult childhood to argue against helicopter parenting and excessive comfort. The book gathers his opinions on raising self-reliant children alongside advice directed at his own kids about dating, puberty, drinking and drugs, first homes and cars, and personal responsibility. Its comic premise is rooted in a generational contrast: childhood without the devices, entertainment, and parental intervention that the author sees as commonplace today. This is less a step-by-step parenting manual than a personality-driven collection of commentary on what children need to learn before adulthood.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Adults who enjoy Adam Carolla's comedic, outspoken persona
  • Parents interested in humorous commentary on modern family life
  • Readers seeking opinionated takes on independence and responsibility in parenting

Themes

ParentingHelicopter parentingSelf-relianceFamily lifeComing of age

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Book overview

The comedian, actor, television host, podcast king, and New York Times bestselling author of President Me, Not Taco Bell Material, and In Fifty Years We'll All Be Chicks now lays down the law on the plight of the modern parent.

Parents, do you often think that if your kids had to grow up the way you did--without iPads, 70-inch flatscreen TVs, American Girl dolls, and wifi in the climate controlled minivan--that they might actually be better off? Do you feel underappreciated or ignored? Do you worry you're raising a bunch of spoiled softies who will never know how to do anything themselves--because you do everything for them? If you answered yes to any of these questions, you need Daddy, Stop Talking.

Adam rips parenthood a new one, telling it straight about what adults must do if they don't want to have to support their kids forever. Using his own crappy childhood as a cautionary tale, and touting the pitfalls of the kind of helicopter parenting so pervasive today, Daddy, Stop Talking is the only parenting book you should ever read. Here, too, is sage advice to Adam's own kids--and to future parents--on what matters most: dating; drinking and drugs; buying your first house and car; puberty; and what kind of assholes his kids (and yours) should avoid becoming. Even if his own son and daughter pretty much ignore everything he says, you shouldn't. And you're welcome. Again.

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