The Madness of Modern Parenting - Softcover
Round the bend and over the edge -- how far will you go to be a perfect parent? Does an impending child's birthday party fill you with performance anxiety? Did you spend more time on your child's homework last night than on your own employer's end-of-year report? Do you drop boastful hints about your child, saying 'George is so busy' -- even though George is six? If so, you might be suffering from the madness of modern parenting. This book is a hilarious insight into the modern rat race that modern middle-class family life seems to demand. It asks, why have we acquired the skills of a black cab driver as we ferry our children from Monkey Music bassoon lessons to advanced trapeze? And why do four different children now require four different kids of pasta -- leaving aside the pressure of children's birthday parties and the need to provide organic veggie Halal birthday cakes? Funny, irreverent and right-on-the-button, THE MADNESS OF MODERN PARENTING taps into a phenomenon that we've all recognised but haven't dared to speak out about . Until now ...
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Annie Ashworth and Meg Sanders are the authors of the bestselling Goodbye, Jimmy Choo. They have written several non-fiction books together, including the bestselling Trade Secrets and Trade Secrets, Parenting. With five children between them, they are highly-qualified to tip-toe through the minefield that is twenty-first century parenting.
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- PublisherHodder Pb
- Publication date2007
- ISBN 10 0340923423
- ISBN 13 9780340923429
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages242
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