8 simple rules for dating my teenage daughter : and other tips from a beleauguered father (not that any of them work)

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Title:

8 simple rules for dating my teenage daughter : and other tips from a beleauguered father (not that any of them work)

Other title(s):

Eight simple rules for dating my teenage daughter

Author:

Cameron, W. Bruce.

ISBN:

9780761123149

9780761126331

Publication Information:

Physical Description:

316 pages ; 19 cm

Contents:

A Stiff Dose of Reality 1 -- The Gulf of Communications 13 -- The Relationship (or Lack Thereof) Between Allowance and Chores 31 -- The Telephone 49 -- Field Observations 65 -- Crime and Punishment 85 -- Unauthorized Physical Changes 111 -- Feeding Your Teenage Daughter 130 -- The High-Tech Teenager 152 -- Prohibited Teenage Fashions 172 -- It's Her Party and I'll Cry If I Want To 195 -- Learning to Drive 210 -- There Are Eight Simple Rules for Dating My Daughter 229 -- The First Job 250 -- The Boyfriend 267 -- The High Cost of Higher Education 289.

Summary:

The author, a beleaguered father, shares his humorous views on exactly what happens when daddy's little girl becomes a teenager.

Subject(s):

Adolescence -- Humor.

Parenting -- Humor.

Dating (Social customs) -- Humor.

Genre:

humor.

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Fathers may suspect it's not easy for their daughters to become women, but those same daughters have no idea how hard it is for fathers to stand by and watch. According to W. Bruce Cameron, "Having a child mutate into a teenager is a bit like being an airline passenger who must suddenly take over for a stricken pilot and land the plane. And in this case, the passengers are all yelling, 'I hate you! I hate you!' and slamming the door to the cockpit."

Cameron has two daughters, so he is doubly aware that raising teenage girls is well, impossible. He's been through braces (the most expensive metal on earth), kissing (do they have to use their lips?), teen "logic" ("I asked if I could go out with Lindsey and you said no, so I went out with Courtney"), and, of course, dating, which leads to the 8 Simple Rules. (Rule #1: if you pull into my driveway and honk, you'd better be delivering a package, because you're sure as heck not picking anything up.)

If your little girl has moved out and a teenager has taken her place, this book will help you do something you probably thought was not possible in your situation: laugh.

Author Notes

W. Bruce Cameron was born in Petoskey, Michigan in 1960. He sold his first short story when he was 16 years old to The Kansas City Star and was paid $50.00. He graduated from Westminster College and became a freelance writer. He eventually took a string of day jobs to support his writing habit including driving an ambulance; repossessing cars; selling life insurance, wine making equipment, and men's clothing; programming computers, and analyzing financial statements. In 1995, he started an on-line Internet column, which became successful. He showed his columns to the Rocky Mountain News and in 1998 they began featuring him weekly in their Home Front section. He turned his "8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter" column into a book, which was published in 2001 and was turned into a hit television show in 2002. His other works include How to Remodel a Man, 8 Simple Rules for Marrying My Daughter, A Dog's Purpose, A Dog's Journey, The Dogs of Christmas, and A Dog's Way Home.

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In an age when many households are veritable kinder-doms, and teenagers have become a major market force, many parents feel confused by the sturm, drang und hyperactive telephone use of their teenagers. Here to help fathers stay afloat during their daughters' adolescence is humor columnist W. Bruce Cameron with 8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter, and Other Tips from a Beleaguered Father (Not That Any of Them Work). In a chapter called "It's Her Party and I'll Cry if I Want To," he explains that teen parties are unnecessary because "[y]our daughters do not need to be made any more excited than they already are. They do not need to meet or dance with boy particles." If nothing else, the book will prove a welcome distraction. (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved

A Stiff Dose of Reality	p. 1
The Gulf of Communications	p. 13
The Relationship (or Lack Thereof) Between Allowance and Chores	p. 31
The Telephone	p. 49
Field Observations	p. 65
Crime and Punishment	p. 85
Unauthorized Physical Changes	p. 111
Feeding Your Teenage Daughter	p. 130
The High-Tech Teenager	p. 152
Prohibited Teenage Fashions	p. 172
It's Her Party and I'll Cry If I Want To	p. 195
Learning to Drive	p. 210
There Are Eight Simple Rules for Dating My Daughter	p. 229
The First Job	p. 250
The Boyfriend	p. 267
The High Cost of Higher Education	p. 289
Acknowledgments	p. 316

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