Daddy, Stop Talking!: And Other Things My Kids Want But Won't Be Getting

by Adam Carolla, Adam Carolla (Read by)

Overview

The comedian, actor, television host, podcast king, and New York Times bestselling author of President Me, Not Taco Bell Material, and In Fifty Years We’ll All Be Chicks now lays down the law on the plight of the modern parent.

Parents, do you often think that if your kids had to grow up the way you did—without iPads, 70-inch flatscreen TVs, American Girl dolls, and wifi in the climate controlled minivan—that they might actually be better off? Do you feel underappreciated or ignored? Do you worry you’re raising a bunch of spoiled softies who will never know how to do anything themselves—because you do everything for them? If you answered yes to any of these questions, you need Daddy, Stop Talking.

Adam rips parenthood a new one, telling it straight about what adults must do if they don’t want to have to support their kids forever. Using his own crappy childhood as a cautionary tale, and touting the pitfalls of the kind of helicopter parenting so pervasive today, Daddy, Stop Talking is the only parenting book you should ever read. Here, too, is sage advice to Adam’s own kids—and to future parents—on what matters most: dating; drinking and drugs; buying your first house and car; puberty; and what kind of assholes his kids (and yours) should avoid becoming. Even if his own son and daughter pretty much ignore everything he says, you shouldn’t. And you’re welcome. Again.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780062467614
Publisher:	HarperCollins
Publication date:	05/03/2016
Edition description:	Abridged, Low Price CD
Product dimensions:	5.10(w) x 5.80(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

Adam Carolla is the author of the New York Times bestsellers In Fifty Years We'll All Be Chicks, Not Taco Bell Material, and President Me, as well as a radio and television host, comedian, and actor. Carolla is well known as the cohost of the syndicated radio and MTV show Loveline, the cocreator and star of The Man Show and Crank Yankers, and a contestant on Dancing with the Stars and Celebrity Apprentice. He currently hosts Catch a Contractor and The Adam Carolla Show, which is the Guinness World Record holder for Most Downloaded Podcast and is available on iTunes and AdamCarolla.com.

Adam Carolla is the author of the New York Times bestsellers In Fifty Years We'll All Be Chicks, Not Taco Bell Material, and President Me, as well as a radio and television host, comedian, and actor. Carolla is well known as the cohost of the syndicated radio and MTV show Loveline, the cocreator and star of The Man Show and Crank Yankers, and a contestant on Dancing with the Stars and Celebrity Apprentice. He currently hosts Catch a Contractor and The Adam Carolla Show, which is the Guinness World Record holder for Most Downloaded Podcast and is available on iTunes and AdamCarolla.com.

Table of Contents

Introduction: The Culture of Dad Shaming 1

Chapter 1 Daddy, Stop Talking! 11

Chapter 2 Your Home Is Not Your Castle 25

Chapter 3 Don't Be This Guy 41

Chapter 4 Hey, Kids, Here's a Note to Your Future Therapists 53

Chapter 5 Punished for Participation 77

Chapter 6 To Sonny and Natalia, on Buying Your First Car 105

Chapter 7 What I Learned from My Parents by Not Learning from My Parents 121

Chapter 8 To Sonny and Natalia, on Buying Your First House 145

Chapter 9 To Sonny, on Puberty 169

Chapter 10 iPads and iPods Are Fucking Up How iParent 191

Chapter 11 I'm Not Down with OPP (Over-Praise for Participation) 203

Conclusion: To Sonny and Natalia, on the Definition of Success 215

Acknowledgments 239