Geek Parenting

What Joffrey, Jor-El, Maleficent, and the McFlys Teach Us about Raising a Family

Ebook
On sale Apr 05, 2016 | 208 Pages | 9781594748714
Get parenting advice from geeky pop culture icons like The Addams Family’s Morticia and Black Panther’s T’Chaka in 97 entertaining mini-essays for parents who want to teach their kids to stay strong—and conquer the world.

It takes a starship to raise a child. Or a time machine. Or a tribe of elves. Fortunately, Geek Parenting offers all that and more, with thoughtful mini-essays that reveal profound child-rearing advice (and mistakes) from the most beloved tales of geek culture. 

Nerds and norms alike can take counsel from some of the most iconic parent–child pairings found in pop culture: Whether you’re raising an Amazon princess, a Jedi Padawan, a brooding vampire, or a standard-issue human child, Geek Parenting helps you navigate the ion storms, alternate realities, and endless fetch quests that come with being a parent.

Includes parenting experts from across time and space, such as:
  • Luke and Darth Vader from Star Wars
  • Peter Parker and Aunt May from Spider-Man
  • Joffrey and Cersei from Game of Thrones
  • Frodo and Bilbo from Lord of the Rings
  • Thor, Loki, and Odin from Thor
  • Spock, Sarek, and Amanda from Star Trek: The Original Series
  • Claudia and Lestat from The Interview with the Vampire
  • Bruce Wayne and Alfred from Batman
  • Buffy and Giles from Buffy the Vampire Slayer
  • Orpheus and Morpheus from The Sandman
  • Paul Atreides and Lady Jessica from Dune
  • Kal-El and Jor-El from Superman
  • Diana and Hippolyta from Wonder Woman
  • Alexander and Worf from Star Trek: The Next Generation
Stephen H. Segal is the coauthor of Geek Wisdom and Geek Parenting and the Hugo Award–winning former editorial director of Weird Tales. He’s edited award-winning food writers at Philadelphia Weekly, WQED Pittsburgh, and InPittsburgh Weekly. He currently writes about death-related topics as senior editor at Legacy.com, the world’s largest online hub of obituaries. View titles by Stephen H. Segal
Valya Dudycz Lupescu is the author of The Silence of Trees and the coauthor of Geek Parenting. Her story “Honey,” about dinnertime hospitality at moments of life-or-death, appeared in the Publishers Weekly starred anthology A World of Horror. Her food writing has most recently appeared in the cheese magazine Culture. View titles by Valya Dudycz Lupescu

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Get parenting advice from geeky pop culture icons like The Addams Family’s Morticia and Black Panther’s T’Chaka in 97 entertaining mini-essays for parents who want to teach their kids to stay strong—and conquer the world.

It takes a starship to raise a child. Or a time machine. Or a tribe of elves. Fortunately, Geek Parenting offers all that and more, with thoughtful mini-essays that reveal profound child-rearing advice (and mistakes) from the most beloved tales of geek culture. 

Nerds and norms alike can take counsel from some of the most iconic parent–child pairings found in pop culture: Whether you’re raising an Amazon princess, a Jedi Padawan, a brooding vampire, or a standard-issue human child, Geek Parenting helps you navigate the ion storms, alternate realities, and endless fetch quests that come with being a parent.

Includes parenting experts from across time and space, such as:
  • Luke and Darth Vader from Star Wars
  • Peter Parker and Aunt May from Spider-Man
  • Joffrey and Cersei from Game of Thrones
  • Frodo and Bilbo from Lord of the Rings
  • Thor, Loki, and Odin from Thor
  • Spock, Sarek, and Amanda from Star Trek: The Original Series
  • Claudia and Lestat from The Interview with the Vampire
  • Bruce Wayne and Alfred from Batman
  • Buffy and Giles from Buffy the Vampire Slayer
  • Orpheus and Morpheus from The Sandman
  • Paul Atreides and Lady Jessica from Dune
  • Kal-El and Jor-El from Superman
  • Diana and Hippolyta from Wonder Woman
  • Alexander and Worf from Star Trek: The Next Generation

Author

Stephen H. Segal is the coauthor of Geek Wisdom and Geek Parenting and the Hugo Award–winning former editorial director of Weird Tales. He’s edited award-winning food writers at Philadelphia Weekly, WQED Pittsburgh, and InPittsburgh Weekly. He currently writes about death-related topics as senior editor at Legacy.com, the world’s largest online hub of obituaries. View titles by Stephen H. Segal
Valya Dudycz Lupescu is the author of The Silence of Trees and the coauthor of Geek Parenting. Her story “Honey,” about dinnertime hospitality at moments of life-or-death, appeared in the Publishers Weekly starred anthology A World of Horror. Her food writing has most recently appeared in the cheese magazine Culture. View titles by Valya Dudycz Lupescu