![]() ![]() ![]() How is your daughter sleeping these days? But be forewarned: Mansbach really, really likes to cuss. He opens up about helicopter parents, the sometimes rage-filled response to his book, and how he stays sane. So in time for Father’s Day, we sought out Mansbach in search of a little succor for newly minted, sleep-deprived parents, especially dads. Jackson has given voice to the audio book version. It’s a public admission that raising small children can be a horrible slog, and that the usual remedies-the watery bromides (“it won’t last forever”), the bad jokes (“you’ll know its toddler time when you’re ready to get a separate apartment”), the asinine suggestions like “go for a walk when it all gets too much”-are paltry compared to the problem of bending children to your will.īut who wants to admit that their own tots are little vampires too? Apparently, everyone: Go the F**k to Sleep debuted this week atop The New York Times advice book bestseller list, as well as atop Amazon’s sales ranking. ![]() Since going viral last month, the sweetly expletive-strewn narrative-“The cats nestle close to their kittens now / The lambs have laid down with the sheep / You’re cozy and warm in your bed, my dear/ Please go the f**k to sleep”-has turned novelist Adam Mansbach into a reluctant ringleader for Bad Dads everywhere. Among the many ways for Moms and Dads to feel guilty, there is now Go the F**k to Sleep, a potty-mouthed picture book, complete with cherubic toddlers, slumbering animals, and generously dropped F-bombs. ![]()
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