Health & Fitness
Family Man: A Book Review!
The Family Man, a book written by the witty Rob Jenkins, is a must read for any family Mom or Dad,- that has a sense of humor!
Twitter is an amazing tool. Yes you can tweet about what you had for lunch, or show the world a picture of your favorite caffeinated drink, but you can also find amazing products that you never knew you needed, until someone tweeted about it. That is how I happened upon my new favorite read of the year, Family Man. This is a book written by a Mr. Rob Jenkins who is the quintessential family man- working and being a father and husband. Through his book he has given future or completely frazzled family men out there a guide on how to survive life in this 270 pages of hilarity. It starts off on the right foot, giving you these words of advice at the end of the introduction. "Being a family man is certainly better than the alternatives, such as being eaten alive by wolverines.
Actually, at times, it is a lot like being eaten alive by wolverines."
This is the kind of witty sarcasm that Mr. Jenkins uses throughout his book to help bring focus to such topics and also laugh about them. Because anyone with a family knows, if you can't laugh about it, you may just cry (and then you look like a wimp). As I rapidly read through the pages of this book, I was consistently highlighting, circling, and dog earing pages of comically infused advice, to the point that I actually had to stop, since it was close to becoming a highlighted copy of the whole book. From Part One of the book " To Love Honor and Cherish And Other Motown Greatest Hits", to the last part "Other Duties as Assigned", Mr. Jenkins covered everything from laundry, PTA, moving up the corporate ladder, and bonding, or avoiding bonding with the children. You think you have a problem, he covers it, makes you laugh about it and gives you insightful advice that only an experienced father with a sense of humor could give you. This is not your typical parenting guide, which means that it should be in everyone's library, if you ask me. He doesn't teach you how to reach a new level of zen with your children, but he does cover how to feed them when your wife has a day off. "Rule Number One: Eat something green. Lime Jello doesn't count, and neither does anything that wasn't green before you put it in the refrigerator."
