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The Three-Martini Playdate: A Practical Guide to Happy Parenting  
Author: Christie Mellor
ISBN: 0811840549
Format: Handover
Publish Date: June, 2005
 
     
     
   Book Review


From Publishers Weekly
Mellor, mother of "two darling little angels," tells parents it’s time take back their lives—and their right to have a few cocktails at a child’s midday birthday party. With chapters such as "Bedtime: Is Five-Thirty Too Early?" and "Screaming: Is It Necessary?," the author lays out a plan for parents to enjoy themselves and not be slaves to their children while still offering their kids a warm, nurturing environment. Mellor’s advice has a retro twang, and is always wry and often quite funny, standing in sharp contrast to the guidance normally found in books of its kind. The author urges readers to recruit children to pitch in with household chores ("Three years old is not too soon to start learning the fundamentals of decent vacuuming") and thinks excessively childproofing a home is ridiculous, since kids find a way to open complicated locks anyway ("You might as well festoon all your drawers and cabinets with brightly colored flags that say ‘Hey, You! Kid! Fun and Danger in Here!’"). Mellor’s guide will surely be a boon to parents in need of some "grown-up time."Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.


Book Description
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 heard -- but 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 need -- and enjoy.


About the Author
Christie Mellor is an actress, screenwriter, and parent of two darling angels. She lives in Los Angeles.




Three Martini Playdate: An Essential Guide to Happy Parenting

FROM THE PUBLISHER

Parents, it's time to right the balance. Time to take charge. Time to enjoy your life. Beginning with the surprising benefits of saying no to your child, Christie Mellor offers refreshing, wickedly funny, and actually quite useful advice. With recipes, opinions, helpful hints, and illustrations, this high-spirited book celebrates a better, more relaxed attitude toward raising your child.

     



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