If swine flu has erased your memory, Greven pieced together a self-help book that proffered gems such as "Be nice!" and "be careful of pretty girls; they're mean!"
To be fair, that's pretty good advice -- women are fickle and can often drive men to believe that a 10-year old who whacks off in his pants has all the answers.
Still, the media's love for someone whose lack of experience somehow qualifies him as an expert leads to what people sitting next to me at church/bus stops have dubbed, "Nonstop swearing and crotch punching."
Naturally, Greven has set his sights on repairing the often tentative, complicated father/son dynamic with his new book How to Talk to Dads. Here's an example of some of his advice:
Dads like to play video games!
Dads are 80% more likely to say yes than moms!
Dads like respectful and quiet kids!
Thanks, Alex. Groundbreaking stuff. I've gotten better advice from homeless guys and dogs.
I'm a patient man -- I say excuse me when pushing slow walkers out of my way on the street and I never roll my eyes at waiters when they're presenting their "specials," but watching interviews with this kid where he is not met with ridicule or shoved into feces has pushed me over the edge.
Who is this book for? If my son ever gave me this book, I would force him to live in the shed.
I'm not sure this is universal advice, either. I'd love to see Greven use this on Josef Fritzl, the Austrian guy who raped his own kids.
"Dad, can I leave the basement?"
"No! I'm going to rape your sister again!"
"Oh Dad, sounds like you need to play some more Mario Cart!"
It turns out the book works. My dad and I both want to kick the crap out of this kid.
