How To Be A Person: 65 Hugely Useful, Super-Important Skills To Learn Before You'Re Grown Up

How To Be A Person: 65 Hugely Useful, Super-Important Skills To Learn Before You'Re Grown Up

For the kid who leaves a wet towel wadded up on the floor or forgets to put a new roll on the toilet-paper thingy, humorous writer and etiquette columnist Catherine Newman has created the ultimate guidebook to becoming a person whom everyone will like being around more. Jam-packed with tips, tricks, and skills - all illustrated in an irresistible graphic novel-style - this book shows kids just how easy it is to free themselves from parental nagging and become more dependable - and they?ll like themselves better, too! They?ll learn how to deal with dirty rooms, care for pets and cactuses, stick up for somebody, and fold a T-shirt. They?ll even get a crash course on using the kitchen (including how to turn a 33-cent package of ramen into dinner) and a boot camp for lending a hand outside the house (mowing, shoveling, and fixing something loose has never been easier). This handbook to becoming beyond helpful promises that every kid can be a valued and valuable member of the grown-up world. Review ?Catherine Newman has created a starting place for loving, productive conversations about independence, competence, and kindness.?- Jessica Lahey, best-selling author of The Gift of Failure ?Kids will delight in this witty, clear, and fun-to-read handbook. And parents will rejoice in having Catherine Newman as a wise and warm partner in teaching our children nearly everything they should know - but don?t want to hear about from us!? - Dr. Lisa Damour, best-selling author of Untangled and Under Pressure ?An illustrated guide that teaches tweens (who aren't eager to learn anything from you) life skills such as managing money, doing the dishes, and addressing an envelope.? - Parents ?Geared toward kids