Geek parenting
Subtitle: what Joffrey, Jor-El, Maleficent, and the McFlys teach us about raising a family
By: Stephen H. Segal and Valya Dudycz Lupescu ; illustrations by Greg Christman
Contributors: Dudycz Lupescu, Valya, author
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 208
ISBN-13: 9781594748707
Copyright date: 2016
Subjects: Parenting; Parent and child; Families in mass media; Families in motion pictures; Child rearing
Description: "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 parentchild pairings found in pop culture: Aunt May and Peter Parker, Benjamin and Jake Sisko, Elrond and Arwen, even Cersei and Joffrey. Whether youre 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"--front dust jacket.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: There's no place like home : creating a local environment conducive to the development of nascent life forms; title: A world of tigers and dragons : training and equipping them for a life of adventure; title: You know I don't like it when you do that : keeping communication channels open and sending the right signals; title: Expecto patronium! : keeping  them safe; title: Change is the essential process of all existence : helping them grow and evolve into advanced beings.