Geek Parenting: What Joffrey, Jor-El, Maleficent, and the McFlys Teach Us about Raising a Family (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781594748707)

Get parenting advice from geeky pop culture icons like The Addams Family's Morticia and Black Panther's T'Chaka in 97 entertaining mini-essays for parents who want to teach their kids to stay strong--and conquer the world.

It takes a starship to raise a child. Or a time machine. Or a tribe of elves. Fortunately, Geek Parenting offers all that and more, with thoughtful mini-essays that reveal profound child-rearing advice (and mistakes) from the most beloved tales of geek culture.

Nerds and norms alike can take counsel from some of the most iconic parent-child pairings found in pop culture: Whether you're raising an Amazon princess, a Jedi Padawan, a brooding vampire, or a standard-issue human child, Geek Parenting helps you navigate the ion storms, alternate realities, and endless fetch quests that come with being a parent.

Includes parenting experts from across time and space, such as:

• Luke and Darth Vader from Star Wars
• Peter Parker and Aunt May from Spider-Man
• Joffrey and Cersei from Game of Thrones
• Frodo and Bilbo from Lord of the Rings
• Thor, Loki, and Odin from Thor
• Spock, Sarek, and Amanda from Star Trek: The Original Series
• Claudia and Lestat from The Interview with the Vampire
• Bruce Wayne and Alfred from Batman
• Buffy and Giles from Buffy the Vampire Slayer
• Orpheus and Morpheus from The Sandman
• Paul Atreides and Lady Jessica from Dune
• Kal-El and Jor-El from Superman
  
• Diana and Hippolyta from Wonder Woman
• Alexander and Worf from Star Trek: The Next Generation

Author: Stephen H. Segal, Valya Dudycz Lupescu
ISBN-10: 1594748705
ISBN-13: 9781594748707
Publisher: Quirk Books
Language: English
Published: 04/05/2016
Pages: 208
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 7.40h x 5.40w x 0.70d

Review Citation(s):
Booklist 04/01/2016 pg. 8
Foreword 05/26/2016