Actor, comedian, television host, podcaster and
bestselling author Adam Carolla is out with his latest publishing effort Daddy Please Stop Talking!: And Other Things My Kids Want But Won’t Be
Getting; a fresh
take on parenting and fatherhood that bound to drive the politically correct
and sensitivity trained among us right over the edge.
Carolla’s
insight is fresh, but not new; he not only sees the absurdity of today’s
overwrought, overscheduled and over the top society, but he’s man enough to
call us out on it. The minute you start to question the way things have become
or wish for the way things used to be, you get labeled a relic or old
fashioned, but Carolla correctly points out kids got to be kids and not the drugged,
mind-numbed, video game and fast food addicted messes that we find ourselves
parenting today.
I found
myself nodding in agreement throughout the book probably because I have said,
hell I have preached many of the same things for years. Where’s the proof that
Johnny is better off with Ipods and Ipads and 70 inch flat screen TVs and
organized soccer leagues? One realistic look at your surly, sulking and fat 14
year old and I think Carolla has more than made his case.
And how
about a little appreciation for Dad! You know the guy who gets up early every
day and heads off to work to earn the money to keep a roof over your head and
food on the table…remember him? Oh that’s right, in a society that has
inundated us with images of men too stupid to buy a can of paint or take care of
the kids by himself, is it any wonder that the value of Dad’s has been
relegated down to the same level as our trust in Congress?
Carolla
sounds the rallying cry that it time for Dads to step up and return to their
rightful place as the head of the household and please all you namby pamby
whinners who think I sound like a caveman your choice is simple; grow up or
shut up! Because I don’t care what you think!
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