01 / FAMILY LIFE · AVAILABLE NOW · SECOND EDITION
How to Be a Bad Father
If you want to be Father of the Year, this is not your book.
English · Paperback · 6 × 9 inches · Second edition · Albert Ruco
Still here? Good. Let's lower some expectations.
How to Be a Bad Father is an illustrated parody of the parenting manual, for anyone ready to turn a simple family task into somebody else's problem.
Across 20 chapters, a very confident instructor teaches you how to fail on purpose. No special skills required. In several chapters, special skills would only get in the way.
LEARN HOW TO
- Make one minute last all afternoon when your child wants attention.
- Cook a basic dinner and expect the family to applaud.
- Help with homework until the teacher has questions for you.
- Set screen rules that mysteriously exclude your own phone.
Diapers, birthdays, car rides, bedtime: every ordinary situation offers a chance to become unnecessarily difficult. Each chapter opens with a black-and-white illustration, followed by short steps, excuses, and examples. The final exam lets you measure your progress. You can argue with the result.
For dads who can laugh at themselves, and adults who know exactly which dad this reminds them of.
- Language
- English
- Format
- Paperback · 6 × 9 inches
- Edition
- Second edition
- Pages
- 147
- Chapters
- 20
- Illustrations
- 20
- ISBN
- 9798161859179
A SMALL TASTE OF FAILURE
“You need only three phrases: “Uh-huh,” “That's nice,” and “Ask your mother.” Use them in that order.”
From Chapter 6, “How to Listen Without Hearing a Word”
01 Ignore your children without leaving the room.
04 Cook dinner. Expect applause.
13 Help with homework you do not understand.
18 Set screen rules for everyone else.
TRY BEFORE YOU FAIL
One minute.
Six pages.
Read the opening and the complete first chapter. These are the actual pages from the second edition.
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