content: I picked this book up recently thinking that it would be a humorous look at parenting. It promised to "validate" me as a parent. Well, the author was condescending, judgemental, and not funny. I felt angry the whole way through the book because I am the parent who spoils her children a little too much, tries to protect her children from physical harm, and has,in many ways, made her children the center of her world. I am educated (doctorate in educational/school psychology) and I have a wonderful husband who is a great father. I love my life and I have 2 great kids in spite of the fact that I am the parent who is insulted the entire way through this book. Apparently "slacker" now means "everything I do is going to create children who are much better adjusted and functional in the world than your children." Funny that this book refers to "horses" all the way through because I really think that the author needs to get off her high one.