Parenting Comedy

A young man has to learn the hard way about the pitfalls of not paying attention to the law of supply and demand. He is a quick learner, though.

Wenn man weder mit sanftem Druck noch mit unsanftem Rumnörgeln weiterkommt, hilft manchmal nur der Griff in die Beziehungstrickkiste. Johannes Hayers und Mia L. Meier haben die besten Ideen zusammengetragen. Etwa von Eva, die ihrem Mann vorgaukelt, sie habe Mäuse in der Garage gesehen, damit er dort endlich aufräumt.

This short book is more like a step by step guide that walks you through what exactly you need to do to skip your wedding with as much tact as possible. It also offers some insights as to how you can feel better about yourself after you've skipped your own wedding. The guide will aid you emotionally and give you the techniques and coping strategies you need while you're hiding out. It even tells you where to go and how to reintegrate after you've completely skipped your own wedding.

Eltern sein klingt easy - ist es aber nicht. Tyrannisiert von den lieben Kleinen und verunsichert von einer Schwemme an Ratgebern stoßen Mamas und Papas landauf, landab regelmäßig an ihre Grenzen. Wenn alles schief geht und keine noch so pädagogisch wertvolle Maßnahme mehr fruchtet, hilft nur der Griff in die Trickkiste. Und diese Kiste ist groß! Egal, ob Daumenlutschen, Anschnall-Verweigerung oder Computer-Sucht: Dieses Hörbuch liefert die witzigsten Tipps für eine Erziehung mit Augenzwinkern.

What Comes After Crazy is a warm, funny, poignant, and extremely real story about a woman who fights to stay true to herself, and to her two young children, after her husband has an affair and moves to the desert to "find himself".

The Sweet Potato Queens like men. They like them so much that they have devoted an absolutely inordinate amount of time to the pursuit of men, marriage, and great sex. And then, when that doesn't work out, they've devoted an inordinate amount of time to divorce, gittin another one and having great sex with him instead. The Sweet Potato Queens' Field Guide to Men is the Queens manifesto on all matters of the heart, featuring tales from Queens around the world, plus the continuing adventures of the women you've come to know and love (and envy just a little bit).

Best known for her positive outlook on life, no matter what the circumstances, award-winning comedian/actress Alyse Kenny shares fun stories, positive anecdotes, and personal tips to get you through this crazy time. Unmasked reveals more about Alyse’s private life than ever before - from her humorous take on Zoom dating and garage birthday parties to her more private “aha” moments and behind-the-scenes tales from the years she worked on staff at ABC’s The View and The Dr. Oz Show.

I’ve been a professional actor since the precocious age of 12. When I was five, I decided that there could not possibly be any better job than playing and making people laugh. That became my path, and although I’m not a household name, I’ve been able to play and make people laugh most of my life - and somehow pay the bills in the process. “Not bad”, says I.

Marnie MacGraw and Patrick Delaney have been in love for a few years now, enough to realize that they are imperfectly perfect together. Still, there are some things that maybe need a little attention. Marnie’s ebullient; he’s brooding. She thrives on change; he prefers stability. She sees marriage and parenthood in their future, but he can’t see beyond the shadow of an earlier tragedy. Then an eight-year-old surprise from Patrick’s past shows up on their doorstep, cartwheeling into their lives and spinning things in all directions.

Holly Banks could not have made a worse first impression on the seemingly perfect moms in her new affluent community, the Village of Primm. Turns out wearing pink piggy pajama bottoms while dropping off her kindergartener late to the first day of school wasn’t her best look.

This smart and witty collection of opinions, observations, and anecdotes covers a broad range of personal topics. Kathie Lee Gifford's stories are often funny, sometimes heartfelt, and always compelling - think Nora Ephron's I Feel Bad About My Neck meets Carol Burnett.

No subject is off-limits: talking to her kids about sex, being married to Frank Gifford, embarrassing professional gaffes, run-ins with celebrities (of which there are many), the harsh and funny realities of aging.

The Wall Street Journal's popular columnist Jason Gay delivers a hilarious and heartfelt guide to modern living. The book you will listen to is a rule book. There have been rule books before - stacks upon stacks of them - but this book is unlike any other rule book you have ever heard.

Matteson Perry is a Nice Guy. He remembers birthdays, politely averts his eyes on the subway, and enjoys backgammon. A serial monogamist, he's never asked a stranger out. But when the girl he thought might be The One dumps him, he decides to turn his life around. He comes up with The Plan: 1. Be single for a year. 2. Date a lot of women. 3. Hurt no one's feelings. He's not out to get revenge or to become a pickup artist; he just wants to disrupt his pattern, have some fun, and discover who he is.

It's back to a new school term for the kids. Their mums - Gemma and Becky - are breathing a huge sigh of relief and reaching for the gin bottle. Except for the fact that Becky appears to be accidentally a little bit pregnant.... But that's not the first shock for the parents in the playground. Over the summer, part of their beloved Redcoats Primary has burned down. The school needs to raise thousands of pounds to stay open - and Gemma and Becky have been forced on to the fund-raising committee (just to add to the millions of messages from their online parent groups).

Once there was a tree, and she loved a boy - and already this story is getting weird. This tree did everything for the little boy, spoiled the heck out of him, only to raise a monster, proving to everyone that trees make terrible parents. But whoever thought trees would make good parents? In this satirical, cautionary tale about the consequences of over-coddling your kids, watch the downward spiral of bratty-child-turned-evil-lunatic against a tree who was just trying to live her tree life. Enjoy this dark parody of indulgent parenting gone horribly wrong.

Egal, ob man sich im Geburtsvorbereitungskurs mit dem Wegsingen von Senkwehen blamiert, sich beim Eltern-Kind-Turnen zu infernalischen Liedern über Gorillas mit Sonnenbrille verrenkt, ein Bachelor-Studium über die ergonomische Funktion von Tornistern absolviert oder einen Premium-Partyplaner bucht, weil man keine Kraft mehr hat, einen Marmorkuchen zu backen und drei Ballons aufzupusten: Es gibt eine Unmenge an Phasen der elterlichen Vollverzweiflung, die Sabine Bode in ihrem Anti-Ratgeber scharfzüngig und selbstironisch seziert.

Babyhood is a bizarre stage of life, considering all the unexplainable crying, goofy faces, and strange babble—and that’s just the parents. But really, babyhood is a once-in-a-lifetime event. It should be treated with respect and even admiration. After all, at some point, we’ve all been there. In Defense of Babyhood is a delightful source of relatable comedy, injecting a refreshing dose of amusing baby humor into the most bemused of parents.

Morgan and Devon Gregson Bennett are an interracial creative power couple living happily enough in Brooklyn until a freak accident leaves a little girl orphaned in Los Angeles. Setting aside reservations about the price motherhood will exact on their marriage and careers, Morgan and Devon agree to adopt Vabeh, a bi-racial ethnic-hair-products heiress. Vabeh touches down in New York, wearing last season’s fur and on a mission to quickly distinguish herself from the other bold-faced names at her new school, the tony School for Spoiled Kids.

Sei du selbst - so wie Evelyn! "Scheiß doch mal drauf, was du nicht kannst – und feier das, was du kannst!" Die beliebte Moderatorin und Influencerin Evelyn Weigert nimmt kein Blatt vor den Mund und spricht schonungslos offen über alles, worüber Frauen sonst gar nicht oder nur verschämt sprechen. Ihre Fans lieben sie für ihre direkte und unangepasste Art, alles – aber vor allem sich selbst – auf die Schippe zu nehmen.

Dal riconoscimento del bebè all'uso disinvolto del seggiolino omologato per bicicletta, dalla prima supposta alla lotta ai microbi, dalle recite scolastiche all'"età difficile": essere figlio è naturale, ma essere genitore è un'avventura. E quando Beppe Tosco, padre di due figli oggi grandi, ha avuto tra le braccia il suo primo frugoletto si è reso conto che fare il papà non fa solo diventare adulti, ma anche tornare bambini. E con questo manuale assai scorretto per allevare i figli a terra ci riporta direttamente nel nostro passato.