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Comment #2174

2010-10-06T19:39:19Z

We get to sign release forms at BounceU, a very fun place for kids where all the floors, walls and obstructions are essentially giant balloons.

I laughed out loud at much of the book, too. She does write very well.

Comment #2173

2010-10-04T17:09:14Z

There are definitely places in the book you would relate to, though. She whacks emphatically on the guilt trips put on mothers by such books as What to Expect When You're Expecting and all the "how to have a perfect pregnancy, labor, delivery, nursing, and childhood experience, and if you don't it's all your fault" books.

Comment #2172

2010-10-04T17:03:58Z

You'd be setting a great example. :)

Comment #2171

2010-10-04T16:00:35Z

It's amazing how easy it is for me to write it off since currently so much doesn't apply to us: we don't live in the US, we don't have a car, we have two very dangerous (i.e. exciting) playground within a few paces of our apartment, and 11-year-olds hang out unattended downtown and night (okay, so that's not an example of how things are better here . . .), and elementary aged kids ride public transportation to school alone. We'll be in for some major reverse culture shock if we ever move back to the States.