Fatherhood
From one of America's most beloved funnymen comes a hilarious look at the lighter side of fatherhood.\ So, what is fatherhood...?\ It's pretending the present you love most is soap-on-a-rope.\ It's helping your children learn English as a second language.\ It's asking your son to make up a name rather than tell anyone who he is.\ It's knowing that "Everything's okay, Dad!" means "I haven't killed anyone!"\ It's the book every father will love.\ It's Bill Cosby at his wittiest, wisest, and...
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The perennial #1 nationwide bestseller-and now, a hit animated series on Nick at Nite. From Bill Cosby, America's favorite TV dad, comes the ideal gift for Father's Day... Fatherhood is... - Pretending the present you love most is soap-on-a-rope - Helping your children learn English as a foreign language - Knowing that "Everything's okay, Dad" means "I haven't killed anyone" - ...and more priceless advice and hilarious wisdom. Publishers Weekly 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)
Introduction1Chapter 1Is Three a Crowd?13Chapter 2With Bouquets and Back Rubs25Chapter 3These Beggars Are Choosers35Chapter 4Are They Evolution's Missing Link?45Chapter 5A Guru Would Give Up Too55Chapter 6She's Got the Whole World in Her Glands67Chapter 7The Fourth R Is Ridiculousness79Chapter 8Speak Loudly and Carry a Small Stick89Chapter 9Drowning in Old Spice99Chapter 10Your Crap or Mine?109Chapter 11Unsafe at Any Speed121Chapter 12The Attention Span of a Flea133Chapter 13Ivy-Covered Debt147Chapter 14Full-Time Job155Afterword161
\ Publishers Weekly - Publisher's Weekly\ 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)\ \ \ \ \ Library JournalFrom 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. Recommended for public libraries. Florence Scarinci, Nassau Community Coll. Lib., Garden City, N.Y.\ \
