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For those nights when "hush, little baby" just doesn't cut it. Credit: Amazon
It's a thought that has probably crossed the minds of many an exhausted parent at 3 a.m., when the wee one refuses shut eye. Now, novelist Adam Mansbach has put the idea to pen in his children's book "Go the F.... to Sleep," which is not due out until next October, and is actually not for kids, he tells "Today."
An excerpt from the book:
"The cats nestle close to their kittens.
The lambs have laid down with the sheep.
You're cozy and warm in your bed, my dear.
Please go the f@#k to sleep."
"Hopefully, the book is very reflective of what we all feel putting our kids to bed," Mansbach tells the news show. "We all love our kids -- it's not like we stop loving our kids -- but as the minutes tick by, we'll do anything to get out of that room."
A visiting professor of fiction at Rutgers University, Mansbach is dad to a 2-year-old daughter, Vivien.
He says he hopes the book will be a fun moment of relief for sleep-deprived parents, telling "Today" that despite the "tremendous culture of parenting," there's a lot that doesn't get talked about.
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4-29-2011 @ 11:15AM
amy said...@ Steven, you are so on the money with this one , look at the shows on tv anymore! Family guy , American dad, south park thier disgusting! people have no belief in God anymore its a shame. @ Anonymous, your scared, its easier for you to live life the way you do, then to believe and live Gods way. I will pray for you that some day you will see the light and believe that you will be judged. God Bless to all.
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4-29-2011 @ 11:31AM
tim said...I've written two childrens books and numerous childrens poems wiithout cursing in them. Why the f*#$#& can't I get published but the f*&%#$er that uses the "f word" in his title gets published? Its f*&%$#ing wrong!!!!
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4-29-2011 @ 11:28AM
Eileen said...I think putting curse words in children's books became standard when Judy Bloom used the word "damn" in the book called "How to Eat Fried Worms". This use of this word on the cover is just a follow up of Judy Bloom's inappropriate writing.
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4-29-2011 @ 11:26AM
michelle said...I think this author could have made his point as effectively with a less vulgar word. Personally, i find that kind of language to be extremely low class and uneducated. Even the illiterate know how to use it and spell it.
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5-01-2011 @ 10:54AM
Gregory Schwartz said...Just in case you didn't know it, THAT word is an acronym for a legal term. Sexual intercourse used to be referred to as having "carnal knowledge" of another person. If a man forcibly commits sex on another unwilling victim (as in the case of rape) it is For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge!
---get it. Rape used to be an offence refrred to as:
For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge -gregg in sarasota, FL
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4-30-2011 @ 10:42AM
pd39 said...That's nothing more than another BS excuse for vulgar language and bad behavior.
It is UNACCEPTABLE in polite society. If you wish to wallow in the pig sty of life that is your business, but you have no right to drag the rest of us into the slop and swill with you.
If your family failed to educate you as to how to act in public and you have no desire to educate yourself, please stay in your dark hole. Live in the personal hell you've created for yourself.
4-29-2011 @ 12:56PM
gtourout1 said...I DISAGREE! ANOTHER BAD IDEA WITH MISGUIDED THOUGHS!!! SAD, REALLY.
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4-29-2011 @ 12:45PM
mkcc2short3 said...I am so sick and tired of all you religious nut jobs turning everything into revelations this, revelations that. Most educated people understand the idea of sarcasm. For the nut jobs that think this book is bad because it has the f-bomb in the title take a read of one of the greatest books of all time in Huckleberry Finn (unedited version).
Like your religion has never caused any one any pain. Christianity is full of nothing but hypocrites and that is why I denounce the religion I was born into. Your bible states that if someone hits you in the face turn the other cheek. However, I've noticed that most christians instead return a punch (metaphore for the uneducated religious nutjobs).. For those parents who were there for there children when they wouldn't fall asleep without a gripe, Good Job in being a parent. I gurantee these are the parents that will buy this book to unwind prior to falling asleep themselves. For you religious nut jobs....Why not organize a book burning, god knows you have done it before....Hitler anyone?
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4-29-2011 @ 12:55PM
sandra said...Charles, I sure hope you donot have children, now or in the future. Your comments are so immature and foul, spoken only by someone that has never had a happy day in your life. You need God in your life and since you are afraid of God, at the very least, get professional help, please.
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4-29-2011 @ 1:13PM
Milt said...Sounds violent to me. I wonder what will follow next?
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4-29-2011 @ 1:18PM
david said...Anyone who uses the F word, is simply proving that they have an IQ lower than that of a slug.
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4-29-2011 @ 1:35PM
Tom said...What else is new? If you watch the current crop of kiddie cartoons you will see the characters urinating, farting and other socially unacceptable behavior. We Bugs Bunny and Tom and Jerry kids grew up without suffering the lack of "reality" in our cartoons. These practices undermine the social teachings of parentsand serve no useful purpose.
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4-29-2011 @ 2:42PM
MemeL said...Tom - I agree 100% Remember all the hoopla about how the 'Road Runner' cartoons were "the most violent ever" and HAD to be taken off TV? I have a 12 year old son, one who still acts 12 which is rare these days, and I have to monitor which cartoons he watches! That is crazy, having to monitor cartoons! So the coyote has an anvil dropped on him, big deal! He isn't peed or farted on! IMO that is MUCH worse. As far as this book, if one seriously feels that they have to stoop as low as using a totally profane word to get a point accross, they either have serious problems or want to make a buck from those who think it's funny. I have 8 children, lost one in stillbirth so actually 9, and as many sleepless nights I went through between the infant/toddler stage and currently the teenage stage with one of them (all are adults but 2 now) I have thought "pleasee go to sleep, mommy's soo tired wahhh!" but I have NEVER thought "oh go the F--- to sleep!" NEVER! My children are a GIFT to me, always have been. I'm also raising a 3 yr old grandson which at my age is tough, still, I NEVER thought that! People are human and lose their cool, but to intensionally use profanity on the cover or in a book that even has to do with children is a disgrace. Tom - I also saw your other comment and again, you are right. You are not using that profanity, yet cannot get published. Today's society wants the profanity and the sex and the violence and the gore. It's more than sad. My prayers are with you that you do get published as I am sure it isn't the trash that a lot of society seems to think is the norm and is okay.
4-29-2011 @ 1:39PM
George Sterp said...Very true !! Many was the time I told my babies " Go the F0K to Sleep".They grew up S NORMAL AS CAN BE.
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4-29-2011 @ 1:57PM
Tom said...Normal by whose standards?
4-29-2011 @ 2:56PM
memeL said...Normal by whose standards is right! No one here is stopping to think of the amount of couples out there who would give about anything to have a child but they can't, and telling a child of ANY age to "go the f-- to sleep" is supposedly okay or funny or the norm? I don't think so. Obviously, no one who is unable to have children has commented here, because we'd be seeing a whole different type of comments.It all depends on how truly, too, that you consider your child/children a gift and not only something the result of an action that you happen to end up raising. Yes, parenthood has its frustrations, but profanity should never come into play and I don't care if it is 1975 or 2011. Ask someone whose child has been murdered or killed in a car wreck if they think that "Go the f--- to Sleep" is okay whether it's the book title or something one actually says.
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4-29-2011 @ 3:10PM
Tom said...I find that so many of todays "children's" cartoons and programs are really aimed at immature adults. There are subleties that are obviously not understood, or misunderstood, by children and are of no entertainment value to children. There should be disclaimers stating that the content may not be suitable for young children. It doesn't take much of a historian to see what moral decay did to Rome, Egypt and Greece. Alas, perhaps it's inevitable
5-13-2011 @ 2:26PM
LC said...I think this is funny as all hell. The people who posted comments about how terrible this is really need to stop taking things so seriously (and some of you need to learn to read... NOT a children't book you ignorant F**KS).
If you have spent a few minutes with a kid who is being ornery (and most are at one time or another) you can relate to thinking this very thing. Funny.
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5-17-2011 @ 8:31PM
davidatpdoink said...I like the idea of running a fun and playful social experiment and so I've got free kids books for all at pdoink.com. From my side of this equation – I think that bedtime is just a great time for parents to connect with their children in helping themselves and their children learn and grow together. You can see the audio version of these on YouTube if you like.
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5-18-2011 @ 12:14PM
Janene said...LIGHTEN UP PEOPLE!!!! It's supposed to be FUNNY. Not EVERYTHING in life is so serious! GOD forbid..that's right you devote Christians...I said GOD...GOD forbid you find something humorous. Stop reading into every stupid little detail and ENJOY. I love my children more than life itself but there were/are times where I just WANT to say some of thethe things written in a book like this to them. Do I? No, I do not but at least I can go in my room and open up a book which was intended to be funny and laugh it off. Stress reliever.
FUN. Three letter word. It's not hard...come on...say it with me...I know you can...FUN.
That's it!!!! See how much better your day is now?
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