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How to Ruin Your Children's Lives Kindle Edition

by Mary McHugh (Author), Adrienne Hartman (Illustrator) Format: Kindle Edition
2.5 out of 5 stars 2 ratings

A parent’s guide to giving wise advice, asking questions, encouraging good habits, and other ways to annoy their teenager.

*Ask them about girlfriends or boyfriends in front of relatives

*Run out on the basketball court with a first-aid kit if they’re hurt during a game

*Fall asleep when your teen is telling you what Sue said to Jennifer and what Jennifer told Maryanne and what Karen did then

How to Ruin Your Children’s Lives is a survival manual for enduring the transmutation of loving child to hostile teenager, and—with a little luck—maintaining enough sanity to one day hear those longed-for words, “Hey, I guess you weren’t so stupid after all.”

Purple hair? Belly rings? Bizarre musical tastes? Not a problem as long as you have these nearly 300 tips and tactics close at hand. With resident teenagers slamming doors and screaming at the top of their lungs, “You're ruining my life!” parents should at least make certain they’re handling the job with poise.

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  1. Print length
    143 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    Andrews McMeel Publishing, LLC
  4. Publication date
    July 16, 2013
  5. File size
    4.8 MB
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About the Author

Mary McHugh is the author of 10 books, including How Not to Become a Crotchety Old Man and How Not to Become a Little Old Lady. Mary also writes for publications such as the New York Times, Family Circle, Good Housekeeping, and Cosmopolitan. Adrienne Hartman has illustrated seven books, including Mary's two previous with AMP. Additionally, Adrienne creates illustrations for Parents and Gourmet magazines and the New York Public Library.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00I17RHBE
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Andrews McMeel Publishing, LLC (July 16, 2013)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ July 16, 2013
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 4.8 MB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 143 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
    2.5 out of 5 stars 2 ratings

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Mary McHugh

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So far I've written 17 books and made 22 YouTube videos, most of which show me tap dancing, to promote the books I've written.

I live in New Jersey in the United States and I'm married to a lawyer who is retired and I have one daughter left (one died ten years ago) living on Mercer Island off of Seattle, and she has three sons whom I adore.

I record for the blind and dyslexic in New York every week and I took hospice training and my last patient asked me to read poetry to her. Her favorite was "The White Cliffs of Dover" and I loved it. It's about an American woman married to a British peer in the first half of the 20th century.

I studied in Paris when I was young and I still love everything French,and sometimes get a chance to read in French when I'm recording for the blind. I hope to convince some publisher to pay me to live in Paris again and write a book about what it's like to live there as a "woman of a certain age" as the French so nicely put it as compared to living there at 21 when all I had to do was stand there.

I have two new books coming out: "If I Get Hit by a Bus Tomorrow, Here's How to Replace the Toilet Paper Roll: an Instruction Manual for Men" and "How Not to Act like a Little Old Lady.

I'm working on books about teen siblings of people with disabilities, one on labyrinths, one on hospice care, and a new novel called "Murder on Cape Cod", one of my favorite places to go, and a series of children's books called "Michael and his Magic Blackberry" which takes children to different countries and teaches them some phrases in another language phonetically and tells them about places to see.

I love hearing from other writers and other tap dancers, and I hope you'll send me a message at mmchugh655@aol.com.

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Should be titled “A Boomer’s Guide For Traumatizing Your Child”
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Should be titled “A Boomer’s Guide For Traumatizing Your Child”
I’ve included a photo of one of the pages in this book where it jokes about telling your suicidal kid who was rejected by a peer that there’s plenty of fish in the sea. Obviously this is a failed attempt at humor but I found it pretty horrifying. The whole book is like this. I’m pretty sure it only appeals to the boomer generation. Someone gave it to me as a gift and I put it in the trash.
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  • emacke
    1.0 out of 5 stars Should be titled “A Boomer’s Guide For Traumatizing Your Child”
    Reviewed in the United States on April 23, 2022
    I’ve included a photo of one of the pages in this book where it jokes about telling your suicidal kid who was rejected by a peer that there’s plenty of fish in the sea. Obviously this is a failed attempt at humor but I found it pretty horrifying. The whole book is like this. I’m pretty sure it only appeals to the boomer generation. Someone gave it to me as a gift and I put it in the trash.
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    emacke
    1.0 out of 5 stars
    Should be titled “A Boomer’s Guide For Traumatizing Your Child”

    Reviewed in the United States on April 23, 2022
    I’ve included a photo of one of the pages in this book where it jokes about telling your suicidal kid who was rejected by a peer that there’s plenty of fish in the sea. Obviously this is a failed attempt at humor but I found it pretty horrifying. The whole book is like this. I’m pretty sure it only appeals to the boomer generation. Someone gave it to me as a gift and I put it in the trash.
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