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A response to all those sappy mommy books with flowers and puppies on the cover.Jill Milligan, mother of two, has set her sights on the joys and stresses of motherhood. Unlike other mommy books, though, Mom Rules is a hilarious book for the hip, twenty-first-century mom who can use a laugh (if not a drink) at the end of another trying day with her kids. Practically any woman can become a mother—but it takes a certain amount of creativity, humor, and cracking the book on discipline to be the best mom out there and to establish Mom Rules.Whether you’re a stay-at-home supermom who has to juggle softball practice, poopy diapers, and trips to the dry cleaner’s, or an Internet-dating single mom battling with two hormone-driven teenagers, this book offers useful insight and wise words on how to embrace the world’s best job.Throughout this book, Jill explores the various stages of motherhood—from announcing a pregnancy to late-night feedings to second-child syndrome to empty nesting—and provides comical anecdotes and sound advice on how to survive your teenage daughter’s dating outfits and your young son’s potty mouth.Mom Rules is the guide for the moms in your life—for Mother’s Day, for her birthday, upon the birth of her first child (or second, or third . . .), or just for her to read and laugh out loud over while parked and waiting in the school carpool lane.

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Younger and hipper than ever before, twenty-first century grandmas are savvy enough to realize that after all the work they put into their own kids, they can now kick back and just have fun grandmothering—a job with far less hassle and responsibility than mothering. If fifty is the new forty, then grandmas are better looking, more successful, more active, and more interesting than ever before. Why shouldn't they get the most out of every facet of their lives—including grandmotherhood?In this hilarious companion to her husband Mike's book, Grandpa Rules, Jill Milligan picks up where her husband left off, with humorous anecdotes about the joys and occasional pitfalls of being a grandma. When Jill learned she was going to be a grandmother, she was thrilled . . . until she realized she wasn't old enough to be a grandma . . . or was she? How she and other women of her generation have handled the important and precious job of grandmotherhood is by turns hilarious and heartwarming.Written in a lighthearted and irreverent tone, and brightened by sharp and colorful illustrations, Grandma Rules is the perfect gift for the grandmother you know—for Mother's Day, for her birthday, upon the birth of her new grandchild, or just for her to read and enjoy while she's at the gym.

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Okay, so now it’s official—you’re a dad. Welcome to a club that’s unlike any other.Dad Rules was written with the intention of putting a smile on the face of any man who has navigated—or is about to navigate—the often curvy, pothole-filled road of fatherhood. Authors Michael Milligan and Tom Lynch know firsthand that the responsibility of being behind the wheel on such an unpredictable journey can often be an unsettling experience, especially with a two-year-old in the backseat happily smearing his ice cream over every inch of available window, and your wife next to you offering her always helpful advice to “Slow down,” “Turn left at the next . . . aw, you missed it,” and “I knew we should have brought a map.” So luckily for you, Michael and Tom are here to help.Let Dad Rules act as your personal GPS. With humor and insight, it will guide you from that life-altering moment when your wife says, “Honey, we need to talk,” all the way through pregnancy and birthing classes, the birthing process itself, infancy and toddlerhood, adolescence, and, finally, the day eighteen years later when your little bundle of joy leaves the nest (possibly to return shortly after, jobless and in desperate need of a haircut).So fasten your seatbelt, keep your eyes on the road, and enjoy the journey of being a dad. It will be quite a trip.

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