Crazy Things Parents Text
- Paperback: 352 pages
- Publisher: Sourcebooks (September 1, 2011)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1402266251
- ISBN-13: 978-1402266256
ABOUT CRAZY THINGS PARENTS TEXT
Parents say the darndest things when they are talking with their thumbs (or with their index finger one…letter…at…a…time). Texting has opened up a whole new channel of communication between parents and their children and the result is, well, a collection of LOL, TMI, and WTH!
Coming this fall, Crazy Things Parents Text, by Stephen and Wayne Miltz, creators of the hilarious Web sensation CrazyThingsParentsText.com, features the best, all-new, user-submitted texts from the website.
Crazy Things Parents Text also highlights:
· The Seven Phases of Textual Maturity: From typing IN ALL CAPS to out-texting your kids
· Text Translations: Abbreviations parents use (but shouldn’t) or terms parent texters should know (but don’t)
· No Texting in the House: Why text messaging has become the preferred mode of communication between parents and their kids (even if they’re in the same room)
· Insexts: Oh no, my parents don’t do THAT! Find out your parents are sexting (and doing other dirty things)
CrazyThingsParentsText.com draws 8 million page views a month, and is averaging well over 50,000 unique visitors per day.
About the Authors
Wayne Miltz is 30 years old and lives in Raleigh, North Carolina. He enjoys graphic design and is an Internet geek at heart. In 2007 he invested in Miltz Media. His mornings begin with surfing through his favorite blogs looking for witty posts to humor him. Off the web, he enjoys both tennis and aviation.
Stephen Miltz is 25 years old and lives in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, where he recently graduated from the University of North Carolina with a degree in business management. He manages the business and content ends of the website.
MY THOUGHTS
I received an advance copy of Crazy Things Parents Text. I do text, although not nearly as much as my fifteen year old son. There have been a good number of times where he sent me a text with a bunch of letters that I had no idea what it meant. I laughed my way through this book, amazed at what some people would text. I can’t imagine that I’d ever text my son anything inappropriate, but I’m sure those parents didn’t mean to which is why it’s funny. This book is a super light read and great for anyone that has a good sense of humor, or that has sent or received lots of texts with humorous mistakes.
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I still think that the best way to communicate is directly eye-ball to eye-ball. Less misunderstandings. Body language says as much as words and intonation can change lots.
Agreed, too much can be read into written words when you can’t see the other person’s face and body language and hear their tone.
Texting is not something that is really done in my home. Since my kids are/were homeschooled, they never felt the need to do something like this–most of them don’t even have their own phone. My husband does text for communication with his employer.
You might well be better off.