The Guy's Guide to Surviving Toddlers, Tantrums, and Separation Anxiety (Yours, Not Your Kid's!) [Paperback]

Michael Crider (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 14, 2007

From sleeping through the night to discarding diapers, new parents focus on getting their kids to the next stage. Michael Crider was especially anxious for his son to grow up: He looked forward to fishing trips, to playing ball, and to training Ryan to be dad’s designated driver! And then something horrible happened: Crider got his wish, and the tot who could be silenced with a stuffed animal or a good burp had turned into a person who needed his parents less and less. From Ryan’s first steps to his first ride on the school bus, Michael Crider’s new Guy’s Guide chronicles his feeble fatherly attempts to hang on to his little boy. Honest, heartwarming, and hilarious, it gives new meaning to “be careful what you wish for!”

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"Crider's book has warmth, which peeps out whether he is discussing the excesses of kids' birthday parties or the weird interviews of children conducted by some preschool administrators. It's his heart, not his joke telling ability, that makes Crider a father worth listening to." -- InfoDad.com, 10/04/2007

About the Author

Michael Crider is the author of The Guy’s Guide to Surviving Pregnancy, Childbirth, and the First Year of Fatherhood, and The Guy’s Guide to Dating, Getting Hitched, and Surviving the First Year of Marriage. He lives in Tennessee with his wife and son.

Product Details

• Paperback: 192 pages
• Publisher: Da Capo Press; 1 edition (August 14, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0738211060
• ISBN-13: 978-0738211060
• Product Dimensions: 7 x 8.7 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 1.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,089,509 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1.0 out of 5 stars Look elsewhere for advice., December 8, 2011

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This review is from: The Guy's Guide to Surviving Toddlers, Tantrums, and Separation Anxiety (Yours, Not Your Kid's!) (Paperback)

Ugh. Other than a few good insights sprinkled throughout this short, short book, this is nothing more that a guy talking about how funny he is as a father (which, quite honestly, isn't very). And seriously, he namedrops Groucho Marx's SON. There are way better, and way funnier, guides for fatherhood out there, stay away from this one, which, thankfully, I paid all of 99 cents for on remainder.