Message From The Author

From: Elizabeth Pantley Author of Perfect Parenting and Kid Cooperation
© Copyright 1999
Book Available At: Elizabeth Pantley Home Page
February 14, 2000


Get your name published and win a free book!

Hello Fellow Parents,

Elizabeth Pantley here – parent educator, mom of four and author of Kid Cooperation, Perfect Parenting and my newest book: Hidden Messages (available Sept. 2000). I’m in the process of writing my fourth book. This one’s really fun – or shall I say funny! It’s a look at the side of parenting that mainstream parenting books don’t cover – the goofy, the hilarious, and the embarrassingly funny. I need your funny stories! If you want to share your moments in my new book I’ll publish your name and send you a free autographed copy, too!

Here’s what I’m looking for: (The examples below are from Parents Magazine, Oct. 99)

• On my husbands birthday my 6-year-old son asked me, "How old is Daddy?" when I said "Thirty-five" he shook his head and replied, "No. How old is MY Dad, not yours."
• My husband often fell asleep on the sofa cuddling our 3-month-old. Night after night I would wake him up and, in a sleepy daze he would put our son to bed. But one night, our son was already in bed and my husband was asleep on the sofa with our small dog. When I woke him and told him it was time for bed, he got up, cradling the dog, and started walking towards our son’s room. Only when I asked him, "Where are you taking the dog?" did he look down at the furry face – to which he exclaimed, "You’re not the baby!" I’m thankful I caught him before he put the dog in the baby’s crib for the night!
• My 4-year –old daughter was hanging around as I tried to study. When I asked her if she was tired of my spending so much time with the books she said yes. I told her that I understood, then tried to explain that she, too, would need to study someday to get ahead in life. "But Mom," she said, "I already have a head."
• My baby loves it when I make silly sounds to go along with such activities as dialing the phone or turning on the faucet. So when I went to the grocery store I decided to entertain her in that way. As I paid for my food, I made a whoosh sound while swiping my card through the ATM machine. Then I made boop boop boop sounds as I entered my PIN number. I looked down to see my daughter’s excited face – only to realize that I had come to the store by myself that day! I can only imagine what the clerk and the other customers thought of the nutty woman who made sound effects as she paid for her food.

If I use your story in my book, I’ll add your name to it like this:

Mary B., mom to Jessie and Kayla, Tennessee
And I’ll send you a personally autographed copy. If I don’t use your story I’ll still say thank you with a discount certificate off the price of the book!

Please send your story to me via e-mail at: elizabeth@pantley.com or by snail mail at: 5720 – 127 Avenue NE, Kirkland, WA 98033-8741.

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