( CNN ) -- Humorist Dave Barry is back with a new book . The prolific writer shares parenting stories in `` You Can Date Boys When You 're Forty : Dave Barry on Parenting and Other Topics He Knows Very Little About . '' He has written more than 30 books , but this is the first that headlines his role as a parent . Despite the title , Barry explains , it 's not purely a parenting book . `` I would n't want anybody to think that this is a book where they 're going to learn useful information about parenting , '' he said . `` Or , really , anything else . '' Like many of his books , this is a collection of essays sharing his opinions on a wide range of issues and experiences . Readers will learn about his impressions of `` Fifty Shades of Grey , '' his tips on how to cook a steak and his hatred of his mail . The 66-year-old also shares personal stories about his kids , Rob , 33 , and Sophie , 14 . He reveals that he `` made the ultimate sacrifice '' for his daughter : He took her to a Justin Bieber concert . Barry received a Pulitzer Prize for Commentary for his nationally syndicated humor column . For nearly 30 years , he has lived in Miami , which has provided plenty of fodder for his fiction and nonfiction books . `` If you want to write humor , just come here , '' he said . `` You do n't really need a sense of humor at all . You just write down what people actually do here , and it strikes everyone else as outrageously funny . '' Barry spoke to CNN about his new book , his daughter 's changing musical tastes and his plans for his next project . Below is an edited transcript . CNN : What parenting advice would you offer ? Dave Barry : I 'd say lighten up . I think a lot of parents get pretty intense . As far I can tell , more it 's the moms than the dads , partly because the dads , let 's face it , are irresponsible scum and do n't even necessarily know how old their children are or what their names are . It 's the moms who are doing everything . But they sometimes get a little hovery . A little intense . And a little too determined to actually control the outcome of their child 's lives , which you really ca n't do . But there seem to be parents who believe they can . CNN : Have you modified your parenting style having a daughter versus a son ? Barry : Absolutely . Girls turn into women , and they do it really fast and dramatically and terrifyingly . Suddenly -- boom ! -- they are women . And then , boys come around . I did n't worry about sex or social life or anything like that . With Sophie , I 'm really aware of boys , because I happen to be one , or I was one . I 'm a male , and I know we 're scum . We 're all scum . We know it . When they show up , they 're nice to me , because I 'm the dad . But they 're not fooling me . I know they 're scum , deep inside . I want them to go away . It would be nice if I could get a humane trap , a boy trap , that I would put on the lawn . It would be baited with something that boys like , like fireworks , something insane . When I hear it clang shut , I would go out and take the boy and release him humanely in the Everglades . CNN : How does Sophie feel ? Is she OK with waiting until she 's 40 to date ? Barry : No . She would completely disregard anything I would tell her about boys . She is so entrenched . She is in this world . They are so connected , these kids . She is close , personal best friends with basically every young teenage girl in North America . They are all connected on Twitter or Instagram or whatever it is they 're on now . She is constantly communicating with at least 17,000 people at once . She is part of this matrix of girls . So she has no interest at all in what I have to say . She does n't have time , really , to communicate with me , other than , `` Would you prefer waffles this morning or Fruity Pebbles ? '' That 's my main communication . I make her breakfast . Her interest in my opinion about boys is , I would say , close to zero . CNN : Aside from the Bieber concert , what other sacrifices have you made as a parent ? Dave Barry : The bad news is , ( Sophie ) is on a travel soccer team . Instead of watching her dance , now I watch her play soccer . I like it , but it 's the travel part that I do n't get . We 'll drive 400 miles to watch our team lose . I 'm thinking , why could n't we just stay home and play somebody that can beat us ? Why do we have to go to all that effort to lose ? I like being a parent , but there are sacrifices . CNN : Do you have any advice for Justin Bieber , who has been in the news lately for the wrong reasons ? Barry : He should listen to somebody beside whoever he 's listening to now . I do n't think he 's getting a ton of guidance . My main advice is to him is , `` Just stay away from my daughter , Justin Bieber . She does n't like you any more anyway . '' She likes One Direction . I think . As of this morning , anyway . CNN : What is your next project ? Barry : I wrote a book called `` The Worst Class Trip Ever . '' It 's about an eighth-grade class trip that goes really wrong . I was a chaperone on a class trip with my daughter . Nothing went particularly wrong ; it 's just , I thought , `` Man . This would be a good opportunity for a book . Things could go really wrong . '' You have a bunch of kids and a bunch of parents who are basically rank amateurs , wrangling children in a strange place . Things could go really wrong . That was my idea . It 's a class from Miami , based on my daughter 's middle school really , that goes on a class trip to Washington . Five kids get involved in a seriously bad situation . High jinks ensue . Dave Barry 's latest book of essays , `` You Can Date Boys When You 're Forty : Dave Barry on Parenting and Other Topics He Knows Very Little About , '' published March 4 .
' Barry : ` ` Just stay away from my daughter , Justin Bieber '' Barry , author of more than 20 books , has a new book on Justin . Barry : ` ` I ' m a male , and I know we 're scum . We 're all scum ''