When Parents Text: So Much Said... So Little Understood

When Parents Text: So Much Said... So Little Understood

<DIV>A collection of insanely funny texts between parents and kids, <I>When Parents Text</I> is a surprisingly affecting window into the complicated time when parents aren’t ready to let go, and kids aren’t ready to <I>be </I>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.<BR /><BR /><B>There’s the revelatory: </B><I>Mom: My fingers are saying words. This is amazing.</I><BR /><B><BR />The virtual scolding:</B><I>Dad: I will deal with your sassy behavior when I get home. Meanwhile have some fiber.</I><BR /><B><BR />The autofill-challenged: </B><I>Mom: dig up some tadpoles on ur way homo. Me: ummm, what? Mom: It autocorrected me. I mean to say dig up some tadpoles on ur way homo. (4 minutes later) Mom: PICK UP SOME TAMPONS ON YOUR WAY HOME.</I><BR /><B><BR />The manically inappropriate:</B><I>Mom: Woo Hoo—Ruth died, you know Uncle Lyman’s wife, BUT I have your Braves tickets and check on the table!!</I><BR /><B><BR />And the downright inexplicable:</B><I>Dad: You could poop your pants in the yankee candle store and no one would know.</I><BR /><BR />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 <I>The Huffington Post</I>, <I>Entertainment Weekly</I>, <I>College Humor</I>, and more. <I>When Parents Text</I> includes the best of texts from the website, plus more than 50 percent all-new material never before published.<BR /><BR />Includes an emoticon glossary and 16-page color insert of MMS texts— multimedia messaging service, aka, bizarre photos from mom and dad. It’s the perfect gift for every text-savvy kid to give to his or her parents.</DIV>