Sweet Potato Queens' Guide to Raising Children for Fun and Profit

When does 1 + 1 = 3 (or more)? When you've got a baby on the way.Part of that new math, says #1 New York Times bestselling author Jill Conner Browne-whom USA Today calls 'just plain funny'-includes the addition of an outsize sense of humor to balance the equation of your growing family.The Sweet Potato Queens' Guide to Raising Children for Fun and Profit is a hilarious (though not scientifically tested) wink at the time-honored mysteries of parenting, for anybody who has ever had a kid or has ever known one, knows that the experience is neither fun nor profitable-so, you might as well laugh!As each generation begins its hopeful, happy, and, yes, sometimes harrowing journey together as Parent and Child, together they spawn a new body of 'knowledge,' the nuances of which will elude the Experts every time. Here are stories of the things we do for Mother Love-or, the most incredibly full-time volunteer job ever-and tips guaranteed not to be found in any other parenting guide.- How to Talk to a Pregnant Woman- How the Diamonds on Delivery Policy Can Speed Up the Labor Nature Intended- Why a Good Mother Is Always Adept at Subterfuge- The List of Things You Wouldn't Think You Would Have to Tell Kids Not to Do- Why Mothers of Sons Can Never Retireand- Why, for Parents, It's Just a Short Drive to the PoorhouseThe Sweet Potato Queens' Guide to Raising Children for Fun and Profit will have everyone who's ever been a parent-or ever thought of becoming one-or been a child-or is still one-giggling and grinning (no small feat) through those child-bearing years...and beyond.