Before Linwood Barclay became a bestselling thriller writer, he was a humour columnist with the Toronto Star. This book is a light-hearted look at the process of raising children. Fans of Dave Barry, particularly Dave Barry's Guide to Guys and Babies and Other Hazards of Sex, will likely find this enjoyable. I was laughing out loud regularly as I read, not only because of Linwood's parenting advice but also because I very often saw my younger self reflected in the scenarios he described. (He is a contemporary of my parents, and his children are about my age, so I imagine we had the same sort of experiences growing up.) If you can track down a copy, it is well worth reading. ( )