Lauren Kaelin,Sophia Fraioli
A collection of insanely funny texts between parents and kids, ,When Parents Text, is a surprisingly affecting window into the complicated time when parents arenâ€™t ready to let go, and kids arenâ€™t ready to ,be ,let go. The parents are well-meaning but hopeless, silly and a little corny, and befuddled by the technology. The kids are bewildered yet patient: the perfect straight man. And the authors, two recent college graduates, Lauren Kaelin and Sophia Fraioli, have an unerring editorial instinct to select the funniest, sweetest, quirkiest, most-telling exchanges.,Launched as a website just last year, ,www.whenparentstext.com, is a phenomenon. It receives 300,000 to 500,000 page views a day, with features in ,The Huffington Post,, ,Entertainment Weekly,, ,College Humor,, and more. ,When Parents Text, includes the best of texts from the website, plus more than 50 percent all-new material never before published.,Includes an emoticon glossary and 16-page color insert of MMS textsâ€” multimedia messaging service, aka, bizarre photos from mom and dad. Itâ€™s the perfect gift for every text-savvy kid to give to his or her parents.
Humor,Nonfiction,Parenting,Adult,Humor,Comedy,Science,Technology,Family,Relationships,Marriage,Science,Engineering
When Parents Text: So Much Said...So Little Understood