Mommy Knows Worst: Highlights from the Golden Age of Bad Parenting Advice

Mommy Knows Worst: Highlights from the Golden Age of Bad Parenting Advice by James Lileks; humor; 176 pages

I haven't read Lilek's other books (Interior Desecrations and Regrettable Food), but I'd heard such good things about them, I decided to check this out. Here, Lilek goes after the parenting manuals of the the turn of the century, up through the 1960s. The illustrations we entertaining on their own, but Lilek's commentary really made it worthwhile. I sometimes forget how different life was back in the day, so I might even go so far as to call this "educational" (albeit in the loosest sense of the word). Probably more humorous to people who actually have children, but I still got a kick out of it.