Preschool Confidential

"Laugh-out-loud comments and astute remarks will help lighten any mother's load and keep things in perspective ... This is a refreshing look at child rearing, written in short sections that can be read in five to ten minutes a perfect fit for a mother's schedule." -Library JournalSo you thought the difficult stage was over: the midnight feedings, the colic, the breast pumps, the endless diaper changings. Just when you thought you'd reached the blissful stretch of parenthood...here come the toddler/preschool years!Only Sandi Kahn Shelton could deliver such a dead-on, hilarious, true-ringing look at the walking, talking, crazy years. In Preschool Confidential, she explores such universal topics as:--Dealing with the mutiny in the checkout line (aka: begging or bribing?) .--Presenting scientific proof that toddlers ask 437 questions per day.--Unveiling the four "answers" that any parent can recycle to respond to any toddler's question.--Understanding day-care romances. to ask (at the most inopportune moments) .--Dissecting the anatomy of a birthday party (or how to control a group of four-year-olds without ropes or sedatives) .--Cooking purple mashed potatoes, and emergency tactics to stave off a hunger strike.--And much more!Preschool Confidential will have you howling at the apt, accurate, and painfully honest look at the preschool years!!"The true successor to Erma Bombeck's throne." -WorkingMother magazine"For frazzled working moms, columnist Sandi Kahn Shelton's funny essays on parenting are a fail-safe way to lighten up." -Wall Street Journal"I'm thankful that this very funny and observant lady is not a cartoonist!" -Bil Keane, creator of "The Family Circus"