I love parenting books that write about real life situations not just clinical or behavioral studies. I also love parenting books that are written by parents who truly love being parents and write from a “been there-done that, you will survive too” point of view. When I was asked to review “The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook: Parenting” I knew it would be a fun review.
In case you aren’t familiar with the Worst-Case Scenario books, they have been around for 10 years. The original book has spawned multiple sequels including: parenting, politics, life, work and more. The books are fun, fact-filled looks at how to handle the worst-case scenario of any situation.
Parenting is divided into three chapters and an appendix. Chapter One: Ages Zero to Three, includes entries such as How to Deal with a Screaming Baby on an Airplane, How to Get your Baby to Sleep and How to Survive Baby Gear Overload. My favorite in this chapter is How to Give your Baby a Bath without a Bathtub. This article lists several containers you could use as a makeshift bathtub; my favorite part is the list of what not to use.
Do Not Use:
- Drive-through car wash (with open car windows)
- Toilet bowl
- Front-loading washing machines
- Outdoor power sprayer
- Dishwasher
- Hot tub
Chapter Two:Three to Twelve includes; How to Remove Chewing Gum from Hair, How to Discipline an Imaginary Friend and How to Rid a Bedroom of Monsters. My favorite in this chapter is How to Remove a Wad of Paper from your Child’s Nose. I found this one interesting for two reasons; first when I taught pre-school I had one little girl who was always putting things up her nose, and second because recently my sister and brother-in-law needed a chapter called ‘How to Remove a Shark’s Tooth from your Son’s Ear’…long story as you can imagine.
Chapter Three: The Teenage Years covers things like: How to Survive Teenage Angst, How to Avoid a Prom Corsage Wound and How to Survive Empty-Nest Syndrome. My favorite though is How to Determine if your Child is Driving your Car-which includes placing an analog watch under the car tire! In the Appendix, they cover Essential Parenting Cliches, the “Birds and the Bees Speech”, an IM/Text lingo decoder and a teen slang glossary.
This is the parenting book for all parents in all stages of parenting. It is funny and helpful at the same time. If you would like to purchase The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook: Parenting you can do so at their website.
You can win The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook: Parenting right here from The Mom Maven!
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This giveaway is for US residents only. The drawing will be held August 7, 2009 at 7:00pm. Good Luck!
Baby diherea on a the counter at a coffee shop….ugh
Baby diherea on a coffee counter…ugh
I am not a mommy just yet…. I've got my bun in the oven and I'm due in December. I would love to read this book though! stoopidgerletsy@yahoo.com
my son pooped ontop of a wine bar.
I have 4 kids and have been thru some stuff! Baby son eating sister's poop from potty chair while in dress outfit for church to name one! Car wrecks as teens to name some more!
have you ever had a 13 year old that is it the whole year. mverno@roadrunner.com
We had an incident where our little one pooped in the guest room… and we didn't find it until the next day.
Well, worst would have to be going through my babies' three surgeries. Awful stuff, no mother should ever have to deal with – regardless of how minor the surgery! BUT… out and about? A baby with diarrhea in the middle of a high class fashion mall with NO extra diapers, clothes or money on me. fortunately i had a baby carrier and paper towels from the bathroom. far from ideal, but it got us out alive! LOL.
Thanks so much for the fun giveaway!
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I don't have a child yet either but this one sounds amazing and a friend of mine is due with a baby this fall so I'm sure she'd really appreciate the humor.
I hope I can still enter, thanks!
-Lauren
Just today my 4 1/2 year old peed his pants in Sunday school and then threw an huge tantrum when it was time to leave. He ran away from me and had to be dragged out of the church.
I tweeted! http://twitter.com/PainterMommy/status/3094412850
My worst case parenting scenario was getting pregnant without being married. It wound up being the best thing that ever happened to me though. I married the father of my child and we are now on baby #4!
I am following both of you on Twitter!
My baby climbed on a rocking chair, fell off onto his binkey, and blood started shooting from his face. Worst part was, my hubby was home alone with him and called 911…he was ok whew!
I'm not a parent quite yet, but I survived getting separated from my parents in a department store when I was little. It was probably for less than a minute, but it felt like forever.
my worst case time was a HUUUGE blowout in the middle of a wedding
follw both on twitter – kgail11
My worst case scenario was having my daughters little friend climb down into an in-ground trash receptacle with a flip top step on lid (she did this on a dare from my daughter) and because she was chubby she got stuck from waist down. We had to call the fire department and they soaped her with my bottle of dish soap and then were able to pop her free. She was about 7 years old. Pretty stressful.
I'm a Facebook Fan of Worst-Case Scenarios.
My daughter fell in a pool. It was the most terrifying event that I've ever experienced, even though I was right there to catch her. I could definitely use this book though!
You come into your sons' bedroom to find them both jumping on the bed holding long SHARP kitchen knives which they snuck into the bedroom so they could play “pirates” with them. (Be calm…resist the urge to scream in terror. Calmly but firmly tell them to hand you the knives…slowly. Disarm the childen. Explain that kitchen knives are dangerous and they are NOT to play with or otherwise even touch them. Administer punishment of choice. Let them know if they EVER do that again the next punishment will be 5 times as worse. I also suggest next trip to walmart get them nerf pirate swords so they will not be tempted to get creative with the kitchen cutlery (or curtain rods, ice-picks, knitting needles, or any number of other long pointy things) again.
My worst case parenting scenario was finding my 2 year old son in his room naked, poop on the carpet, and his 1 year old sister holding a peice of it in her hand. Disgusting!
Worst case parenting scenario we survived was. The kids were taking a bath together. They were 8 and 4. The eight year old daughter reached for a glass to play with and it broke in the tub. The 4 year old cut his hand badly on it requiring several stitches. It was traumatic. Thanks for the wonderful giveaway
i lost my child at target
Pooping in the pool. Nothing worse.
jason(at)allworldautomotive(dot)com
We were traveling to visit my parents & had reservations at a hotel near their home. After we brought our luggage into our room my youngest daughter (she was between 4 and 5 years old at the time) had to use the bathroom. She shut the door and locked it. My daughter was in the bathroom longer than usual and we asked her if she was ok & she said yes. Me & my husband could hear he messing around with the doorknob & finally we realized that she could not open the door. She started yelling & crying that she couldn't get out. Usually you can use a wire to pop open bathroom doors, but we couldn't open it. I called the front desk while my husband was trying to calm my daughter down and at the same time still trying to get the door open. The hotel staff arrived in no time and they tried several keys but none of them fit. Finally everyone (my husband & 5 hotel staff) decided to take the door off the hinges …and that's what they did. When we finally got the door off, my daughter was laying in the dry bathtub and stopped crying when we got to her. She was fine and never locked the bathroom door in hotels for a long time.
My son peeing in my face.
I've survived my daughter dealing with depression and anxiety.
My youngest son at 11 months was growling and trying to bite people. The daycare workers were terrified by him and they threatened to kick him out. lezanac@yahoo.com
tweeted
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the worst case parenting scenario i have survived was a blowout at church
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mrstls
My youngest wanted to introduce his new friend to me, while I was using the bathroom! He opened the door and said, “That's my Dad!”
i became a worst-case scenarios facebook fan
Tony L Smoaks
Watching my son have a seizure, that was really scary! We spent a night in the children's hospital trying to find out why!
I tweeted http://twitter.com/tornxnxfrayed/status/3170594672
The scenario I survived was my 7 year old climbing up into the babies high chair and getting stuck. He had to be cut out but was okay!
I follow both on twitter (@tornxnxfrayed)
I'm a fan on facebook. Mishia Mck.
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when one of my twin sons dug a little hole outside and went poop right in the front yard by some bushes
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facebook fan.Gloria McKellar
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my daughter telling me the poop on her hand was a booger!
My worst case scenario was about a year ago. Our teenage daughter started screaming in terror, like nothing I'd ever heard, the kind of scream that's out of a mother's worst nightmare. My husband rushed into her room and she pointed at her window screaming “Someone's trying to come in!” I called the police while my husband looked out the second story window. The “intruder,” my daughter's (ex)boyfriend was on the ground below. He tried to sneak in her window to “surpirise” her. Oh, we were surprised! He ended up with a broken leg and arm, and we got a security system for the house.
I survived the “Having to discipline the evil play-date friend because her mother won't do it” scenario!
son knocked the car out of gear while i was trying 2 change a tire on a hill:(
Tweeted:
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How to clean poop out of the tub!
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two of my children passing there is nothing worse
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My son has been peeing in corners. *bangs head against desk*
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My daughter had gotten up in the middle of the night, threw up and then passed out. We immediately took her to the ER. It turned out she needed heart surgery because of a problem we did not know about. So glad she is doing so much better now!
My daughters got out of the house they were 2 and 3 and i live on a busy street and they were running down the street and one had no pants on