The Perfect Parents Handbook: Meet the Neo-Traditional Family and 8 Other Parent Groups You've Seen at the Playground

With a classification system that has every parenting style down to a t The Perfect Parents Handbook is unputdownable reading for anyone whos ever forked over major three figures for the must have stroller or agonized over what their childrens school says about them as parents. The real facts and details in this book gently skewer modern mothers and fathers and will at the same time delight them with dead-on accuracy in describing the habits and accouterments of nine types including:. --The Neo-Trads: Dad makes the cupcakes and kids artwork is everywhere (not just on the fridge); the familys taste always exceeds its wallet--The Martyr Parents: Theyve sacrificed so much for the kids that the kids have taken over the asylum--The Power Parents: The IV sessions that led to triplets were coordinated on mom and dads Blackberries and the real British nanny swabs the babies Burberry button-downs on the way to their five bedroom Park Avenue apartment--The Classic Parents: Everybodys in LL Bean and their 2.3 children all climb into a little red wagon to get to the SUV. Laced with titillating facts about our child-centric culture (unique baby announcements! nursery decorators! mandatory volunteering at preschool!) The Perfect Parents Handbook decodes the complex and terrifying (smothering doulas! educational vacations to the rainforest!) world of raising kids.