A review by jakekilroy
Boys Will Put You on a Pedestal (So They Can Look Up Your Skirt): A Dad's Advice for Daughters by Philip Van Munching

3.0

What started off as an earnest attempt at helping his daughters through life became kind of a preachy self-righteous musings at times. I get that his demographic is his daughters, but he's also using the nostalgic parent angle. I get that this is supposed to be Chicken Soup for the Cautious Parent's Soul, but he makes everything seem black and white, which is less than reasonable or fair to his daughters. All premarital sex, tattoos and swear words are bad. He even complains that Eddie Murphy let him down in a live performance by swearing. This dude is why Dr. Phil is taken at his word. He's a humorist for people without an edge. He has many moments of thoughtful observations of life and how to make it through successfully. In those regards, he's terrific. But then he says God is his own proof and people don't know how to love and whatever the fuck ever, every dopey mother at Walmart probably bought this for her daughter instead of telling them about the real world. He's a talented storyteller. I just wish he was less forcibly vanilla and had some confetti sprinkles in there.