Overview
From one of America's most beloved funnymen comes a hilarious look at the lighter side of fatherhood.
So, what is fatherhood...?
It's pretending the present you love most is soap-on-a-rope.
It's helping your children learn English as a second language.
It's asking your son to make up a name rather than tell anyone who he is.
It's knowing that "Everything's okay, Dad!" means "I haven't killed anyone!"
It's the book every father will love.
It's Bill Cosby at his wittiest, wisest, and warmest.
"Bill Cosby makes fatherhood come alive. He takes us on a comedic yet insightful journey through the awesome shifting sands of parenthood. Though this volume is titled Fatherhood, its effect will be to strengthen the entire family." —from the afterword by Alvin F. Poussaint, M.D.
Synopsis
The perennial #1 nationwide bestseller-and now, a hit animated series on Nick at Nite.
From Bill Cosby, America's favorite TV dad, comes the ideal gift for Father's Day...
Fatherhood is...
- Pretending the present you love most is soap-on-a-rope
- Helping your children learn English as a foreign language
- Knowing that "Everything's okay, Dad" means "I haven't killed anyone"
- ...and more priceless advice and hilarious wisdom.
Publishers Weekly
In this bestseller, the star of the top-rated TV series regales and comforts parents with refreshing, marvelously ludicrous tales about his life as the father of five. PW praised the appraoch, stating that ``although Cosby mostly restates material that appears in many other books about family life, past and present, his is a winner.'' (May)