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Despite the ridiculous cover (I LOATHE facial piercings), this book is a pretty fantastic read for anyone approaching parenthood who could even remotely consider themselves a hipster. Neal and his wife, Regina, are a writer and an artist who find themselves pregnant and living in that hipster mecca......more

Neal Pollack clearly has a high opinion of himself. He's a "cool" guy who won't stop being cool just because he has a kid, damn it. He comes off as a self-involved ass and his parenting skills aren't that great. He relies far too much on TV shows, and thinks that shopping for high-end organic food a......more

Neal Pollack’s expedition into parenting is the subject matter in this alternately hilarious and seriously introspective look at what it’s like to raise a child in today’s progressive and politically correct world. Pollack takes his readers on a ride through the learning curve of adulthood as it mer......more

This was an entertaining report of one couple’s experience in their first years of parenthood. The uniqueness of their story is difficult to gauge, except that the father is a successful writer who’s willing to reveal their story to the world, and so we have a somewhat unusual inside look into the p......more