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Summary
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Bill Cosby's bestselling warm and humorous look at fatherhood now includes a warm Father's Day wish--a special card for "dear ol' dad". Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.
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Publisher's Weekly Review
In this bestseller, the star of the top-rated TV series regales and comforts parents with refreshing, marvelously ludicrous tales about his life as the father of five. PW praised the appraoch, stating that ``although Cosby mostly restates material that appears in many other books about family life, past and present, his is a winner.'' (May) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved
Library Journal Review
Here are two books by popular contemporary figures that deal with similar subject matter but take vastly different approaches. From a father's perspective and with his unique sense of humor, Cosby discusses the decision to have a child, the changes the child brings about, and the issues of discipline and independence. By making parents laugh at the pitfalls of parenthood, he shows them in his fresh and funny way that even at their moments of greatest frustration they are not alone. Harvard psychiatrist Poussaint's introduction and lengthy afterword, in which he discusses the changing role of the modern father, add greatly to the book's value as a parenting guide. By using actual letters children have written to her and weaving them together with personal anecdotes, Blume allows children to express their innermost feelings. She is thereby able to reveal children's fears about growing up, popularity, sexuality, and death and their experiences with such serious problems as drug abuse, incest, and life in foster care. While her book will give guidance to parents trying to understand their children (there is a list of agencies, as well), it will also appeal to young adults trying to understand themselves. Although neither book gives in-depth treatment to any topic, both are sure to have wide readership. Recommended for public libraries. Florence Scarinci, Nassau Community Coll. Lib., Garden City, N.Y. (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Table of Contents
| Introduction | p. 1 |
| Chapter 1 Is Three a Crowd? | p. 13 |
| Chapter 2 With Bouquets and Back Rubs | p. 25 |
| Chapter 3 These Beggars Are Choosers | p. 35 |
| Chapter 4 Are They Evolution's Missing Link? | p. 45 |
| Chapter 5 A Guru Would Give Up Too | p. 55 |
| Chapter 6 She's Got the Whole World in Her Glands | p. 67 |
| Chapter 7 The Fourth R Is Ridiculousness | p. 79 |
| Chapter 8 Speak Loudly and Carry a Small Stick | p. 89 |
| Chapter 9 Drowning in Old Spice | p. 99 |
| Chapter 10 Your Crap or Mine? | p. 109 |
| Chapter 11 Unsafe at Any Speed | p. 121 |
| Chapter 12 The Attention Span of a Flea | p. 133 |
| Chapter 13 Ivy-Covered Debt | p. 147 |
| Chapter 14 Full-Time Job | p. 155 |
| Afterword | p. 161 |
