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A review by slelswick
Geek Parenting: What Joffrey, Jor-El, Maleficent, and the McFlys Teach Us about Raising a Family by Valya Dudycz Lupescu, Stephen H. Segal
3.0
The parenting advice in "Geek Parenting" is reduced to 1-2 page soundbites on how to raise your kids to be good people; the brevity left me wanting more, sometimes, though. There were many pop culture references that I didn't understand (maybe I'm not geek enough?).
But don't let that deter you from reading this. Despite all this, "Geek Parenting" is worth the read to remind you what to do when and to reinforce what you are probably already doing. I especially liked Stephen H. Segal's take on Obi-Wan Konobe and the teenage vampire / werewolf symbolism as a broader metaphor for puberty. I've never thought of it that way before, and now that Segal has introduced that idea, it makes perfect sense. Definitely worth the read.
But don't let that deter you from reading this. Despite all this, "Geek Parenting" is worth the read to remind you what to do when and to reinforce what you are probably already doing. I especially liked Stephen H. Segal's take on Obi-Wan Konobe and the teenage vampire / werewolf symbolism as a broader metaphor for puberty. I've never thought of it that way before, and now that Segal has introduced that idea, it makes perfect sense. Definitely worth the read.