It's a Guy Thing?
Categories: Just for dads, That's entertainment
A while back on ParentDish, there were several discussions about Conn and Hal Iggulden's The Dangerous Book for Boys. Some readers felt the title excluded the girls, and there will be a second title released in November called, The Daring Book for Girls. But the second book's publication doesn't address the central fact of the discussion: are boys and girls really so different that they need separate books?
I recently read something that made me think yes. The book's title is, It's A Guy Thing: Awesome Real Innovations From the Underdeveloped Male Mind, by Scott Seegert. I can say this: I honestly don't "get" this book. In searching about for reasons why (maybe I'm too tired? maybe I'm cranky? maybe I have no sense of humor?) the thought crossed my mind that maybe I don't get this book because I'm a girl.
Chapter 8 is titled, "Things for Guys With Kids." A sampling of inventions from this chapter? Bill's Groin Protector. Tom's Baby-Patting Machine. Dick's Daddy Saddle.
So now I'm thinking, who's going to write its counterpoint? With a title such as, It's A Girl Thing: Awesome Real Innovations From the Intuitive Mama Mind? Any thoughts on what it might contain?
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
smrfchic 8-31-2007 @ 8:38PM
Disposable diapers. That's the first thing that comes to mind.
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LS 9-01-2007 @ 12:49PM
ETP (Extra-Toddler Perception): the ability to immediately divine what in tarnation your toddler is REALLY throwing that tantrum/crying fit over.
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Heather 9-04-2007 @ 8:23AM
Circular Saw Tabitha Babbitt 1812
Electric hot water heater Ida Forbes 1917
Engine muffler El Dorado Jones 1917
Kevlar, Stephanie Kwolek 1966
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