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Inspired by this exchange:

RZehr wrote: ↑Tue May 09, 2023 3:21 pm

Robert wrote: ↑Tue May 09, 2023 10:44 am If I wrote a book about my parents and their approach to things, it would turn out to be a comedy. No wonder I turned out the way I did.

There just might be a market for that sort of parenting book.

If you were to write a book about parenting and you were limited to ten chapters, what would be the title and theme of those ten chapters? What sage advice would you note for prosperity?

Title: Parenting from Desperation.

We learn parenting from being so tired of our child doing something that we figure out what works and do it.

Mine would be non-stop stories of how the older ones made money by selling generic sodas to their younger siblings at 100% mark up. True story.

steve-in-kville wrote: ↑Thu May 11, 2023 4:04 pm Mine would be non-stop stories of how the older ones made money by selling generic sodas to their younger siblings at 100% mark up. True story.

… I ran a lottery.

I think I would wait until I had a few children married off and had grandchildren. I would not feel qualified to write a book on parenting until then.