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    The Three-Martini Playdate: A Practical Guide to Happy Parenting
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    The Three-Martini Playdate: A Practical Guide to Happy Parenting

    By Christie Mellor

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    About this ebook

    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. In dozens of short, wickedly funny chapters, she skewers today's parental absurdities and reminds us how to make child-rearing a kick. With recipes, helpful hints, and illustrations, this high-spirited book is the only book parents will really needand enjoy.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherChronicle Books Digital
    Release dateMay 11, 2012
    ISBN9781452116549
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    The Three-Martini Playdate: A Practical Guide to Happy Parenting
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    Christie Mellor

    Christie Mellor is the bestselling author of The Three-Martini Playdate, The Three-Martini Family Vacation, and You Look Fine, Really. She lives with her husband and almost-always-pleasant children in Los Angeles.

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    • 5/5
      Quick read and hilarious!
    • 4/5
      Love her way of parenting. She is funny but also gives great advice.
    • 5/5
      A hilarious tongue-in-cheek look at modern parenting practices with a great message: Children should not be led to believe that they are the center of the universe. (Bonus: fun illustrations and recipes throughout.)
    • 3/5
      Some of the parenting advice is sensible. Children should ot be over indulged. However, I cannot agree with some of her suggestions, like the suggestion to actually have children learn how to make and serve alcoholic drinks. As with most parenting books, I'll take what I I agree with and leave what I don't.