{"product_id":"preschool-confidential-paperback","title":"Preschool Confidential - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSandi Kahn Shelton\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Laugh-out-loud comments and astute remarks will help lighten any mother's load and keep things in perspective...This is a refreshing look at child rearing, written in short sections that can be read in five to ten minutes a perfect fit for a mother's schedule.\" -\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSo you thought the difficult stage was over: the midnight feedings, the colic, the breast pumps, the endless diaper changings. Just when you thought you'd reached the blissful stretch of parenthood...here come the toddler\/preschool years  \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOnly Sandi Kahn Shelton could deliver such a dead-on, hilarious, true-ringing look at the walking, talking, crazy years. In Preschool Confidential, she explores such universal topics as: \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e--Dealing with the mutiny in the checkout line (aka: begging or bribing?).\u003cbr\u003e--Presenting scientific proof that toddlers ask 437 questions per day.\u003cbr\u003e --Unveiling the four \"answers\" that any parent can recycle to respond to any toddler's question.\u003cbr\u003e--Understanding day-care romances. to ask (at the most inopportune moments).\u003cbr\u003e --Dissecting the anatomy of a birthday party (or how to control a group of four-year-olds without ropes or sedatives).\u003cbr\u003e--Cooking purple mashed potatoes, and emergency tactics to stave off a hunger strike.\u003cbr\u003e--And much more  \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePreschool Confidential will have you howling at the apt, accurate, and painfully honest look at the preschool years   \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"The true successor to Erma Bombeck's throne.\"\u003ci\u003e-WorkingMother magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"For frazzled working moms, columnist Sandi Kahn Shelton's funny essays on parenting are a fail-safe way to lighten up.\" -\u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"I'm thankful that this very funny and observant lady is not a cartoonist \" -\u003ci\u003eBil Keane, creator of \"The Family Circus\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eI was born in Jacksonville, Florida, where I wrote my first book of fiction (a story about a king who was tired) when I was five years old and sold it to the neighbors so I could get money for ice cream. Since then, I've been a newspaper reporter, a columnist for Working Mother magazine, a freelance writer, the author of three non-fiction humor books about parenting-and now, at last, as the author of several novels, writing as Maddie Dawson.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 242\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.51 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 14, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42715173060671,"sku":"9781544071756","price":19.82,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/f8bf08df8945188da58cd5963b6326c3.webp?v=1765070567","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/preschool-confidential-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}