Confessions of a Learner Parent
Parenting like a boss. (An inexperienced, slightly ineffectual boss.)
by Sam Avery
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Pub Date 5 Oct 2017 | Archive Date 15 Dec 2017
Orion Publishing Group | Seven Dials
Description
'I always wanted kids - but then again, I always wanted a loft conversion. Both are pretty easy to put off as they're very expensive and tend to wreck your house.'
Stand-up comedian Sam Avery (aka the Learner Parent) started his award-winning blog when his twin boys were born. A million nappies, Peppa Pig episodes and a lot less sleep later, he shares all the lows, highs and hilarious in-betweens of his experiences of first-time parenthood in this, his highly anticipated first book.
Sam's honest, messy and laugh-out-loud account of trying for a baby (which transpired to be babIES) and figuring out what to do with them once they arrived - right up to the toddler years of talking, walking and tantrum-ing - will have you crying with laughter between your own nappy changes and nursery runs.
Available Editions
EDITION | Hardcover |
ISBN | 9781409175636 |
PRICE | £12.99 (GBP) |
PAGES | 288 |
Featured Reviews
Confessions of a Learner Parent is an autobiography of author's own experience with being a dad. I found the book light and interesting, I believe the author has managed to expose the experience from being non-parent to being a parent - the complete life change and when you are first time parent to two in one go as true to the fact as life is then from his perspective. As a non-parent yet myself, I was glad the way it was told, it was a fast read, a humor here and there from author's perspective.
Maybe I disagreed at some points about childcare/ lifestyle model, but that definitely wasn't anything that would stand in a way of parenting or my judgement about the whole book.
The Confessions of a Learner Parent tells you a journey and let's you understand there's no right or wrong way - each of us has our own ways of understanding and having family models we want to live according to. The reader also learns to smile for ordinary situations if we look at each from side perspective, but most of all - as a new parent one goes through a journey that time flies. As a new parent you learn to completely go zero of "your time", but the moments when your baby smiles is precious, it also tells the audience - don't be fools and don't go for babies if your relationship is rocking, baby won't save it!
This is an enjoyable journey through the early stages of parenting from comedian Sam Avery. So much of this strikes a chord with anyone who has served their own time on the front line of being a parent, although Sam and wife Rachel experience the double whammy of having twins. Double the sleep deprivation, nappies and bodily functions to deal with...
Sam manages to capture the whole bizarre experience of being a new parent. The love for your children balanced with the desperate need for sleep. The feeling that you are woefully unprepared and unqualified for the job of keeping small people alive. The sudden and worrying development that poo becomes a talking point and main preoccupation in your life.
There's nothing particularly new here, but it is written with wit and warmth. It's enjoyable and fun and it will convince parents everywhere that they are not alone as they negotiate the weird and wonderful experience of parenthood.