Just Don't Be An Asshole: A Surprisingly Necessary Guide to Being a Good Guy: A Parenting Book

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This is the tough love that boys need to hear today- a candid and witty guide to being a good guy in a world full of assholes. This is the tough love that boys need to hear today- a candid and whipsmart guide to being a good guy in a world full of assh*les. In this frank, funny, and necessary guidebook, Kara Kinney Cartwright, a mom who has raised two teenage boys, compiles all the unwritten rules of being a good guy. As it turns out, everyone needs to learn one major lesson to safely avoid assh*le territory- other people are also humans. (Whoa, right?) Just Don't Be an Assh*le contains everything young men need to know to have positive interactions, make the best decisions, and recognize when they're being jerks. Things like, Just don't be an assh*le- . To your family (parents are not your employees) .To your friends (they'll laugh at you, not with you) .At work (no one wants to hear your podcast idea) .To women ("Are you up?" doesn't qualify as romance) .Online (if you wouldn't do it in real life, don't do it) .In the world (people unlike you are also people) .To yourself (it's okay not to have all the answers)

Kara Kinney Cartwright always says, please, thank you, and excuse me--even on the subway. She married a total good guy and, through relentless lecturing, teasing, cash-bribing, and tricking, they have raised two sons who are not assholes, for the most part. If you happen to know her in person, this book is not about you, for the most part. She lives in Washington, D.C., and works as a senior law book editor.