A Gay Uncle’s Guide to Parenting

by Erinn

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If you are anything like me, you do not like traditional parenting books. Of course I have read a few in my day when I had problems with sleeping or potty training but to me, they are usually all the same. Since all kids are different and respond to things differently so, I like to wing it. That made me excited to review “The Gay Uncle’s Guide to Parenting” from MotherTalk, to see if someone who is not a parent at all, can help parent a child.

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It takes a village all right, or at least one gay uncle as this book will let you believe. Brett Berk, who was a was a teacher and director and is now a research consultant for producers of children’s toys and media, takes you through the journey on the outskirts of parenting children and what you are doing wrong and right. Everything from real life examples for toilet training, bed time, sibling rivalry and bad food habits and more. He does it in a humorous manner so you will be laughing throughout this book.

I don’t agree with everything he had to say, but I have never agreed with the an entire parenting book before. After all, he is still just and Uncle and gets to leave at the end of the day!

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Posted in Advice, General, Parenting on March 7th, 2008

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5 Responses to “A Gay Uncle’s Guide to Parenting”

  1. bryan Says:
    March 7th, 2008 at 10:10 pm

    i must read this book.

  2. MotherTalk » Blog Archive » “The Gay Uncle’s Guide to Parenting” by Brett Berk Says:
    March 9th, 2008 at 10:48 pm

    […] Parenting Children says “It takes a village all right, or at least one gay uncle as this book will let you believe. Brett Berk, who was a was a teacher and director and is now a research consultant for producers of children’s toys and media, takes you through the journey on the outskirts of parenting children and what you are doing wrong and right. Everything from real life examples for toilet training, bed time, sibling rivalry and bad food habits and more. He does it in a humorous manner so you will be laughing throughout this book.” […]

  3. Uncle Brett Says:
    March 11th, 2008 at 10:41 pm

    Hi there. Brett Berk here, author of The Gay Uncle’s guide. Thanks so much for the shout out and review. I really appreciate it. Feel free to drop in on me any time on my blog/website and leave a comment or ask a question. http://www.gayunclesguide.com

    Thanks for reading and happy parenting!
    Uncle Brett

  4. Erinn Says:
    March 12th, 2008 at 9:01 am

    Bryan, you must! It is a good, fun read.

  5. Parenting Children » Blog Archive » Motherhood Says:
    March 17th, 2008 at 12:51 pm

    […] most of expectant mothers do, I read a lot of parenting books. I was not a fan of the ever popular What to Expect When you are Expecting, but I read my share of […]

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