{"product_id":"just-dont-be-an-asshole-a-surprisingly-necessary-guide-to-being-a-good-guy-a-parenting-book-9780593138472","title":"Just Don't Be an Asshole: A Surprisingly Necessary Guide to Being a Good Guy: A Parenting Book","description":"\u003cb\u003eTake it from a mom who raised two teenage boys into actual humans--yes, they can and do change. This is her tough love and candid advice on being a good guy in a world full of assh*les.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHave you ever returned the family car with less than a quarter tank left? Or gotten a technical in a rec-league basketball game? If so, you might be an assh*le--or you're at least acting like one. But there's hope for you yet! \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs it turns out, everyone needs to learn one major lesson to safely avoid assh*le territory: Other people are also humans. (Whoa.) \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis frank, funny, and necessary guidebook contains everything young men need to know to have positive interactions, make better decisions, and recognize when they're being jerks. Things like, just don't be an assh*le . . . \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e- \u003cb\u003eTo your family: \u003c\/b\u003e Parents are not your servants.\u003cbr\u003e- \u003cb\u003eTo your friends: \u003c\/b\u003e They'll laugh at you, not with you.\u003cbr\u003e- \u003cb\u003eAt work: \u003c\/b\u003e No one wants to hear your podcast idea.\u003cbr\u003e- \u003cb\u003eTo women: \u003c\/b\u003e \"Are you up?\" doesn't qualify as romance.\u003cbr\u003e- \u003cb\u003eOnline: \u003c\/b\u003e If you wouldn't do it in real life, don't do it.\u003cbr\u003e- \u003cb\u003eIn real life: \u003c\/b\u003e People unlike you are also people.\u003cbr\u003e- \u003cb\u003eTo yourself: \u003c\/b\u003e It's okay not to have all the answers. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAnd if someone got you this book, don't be an assh*le to them. Instead, consider this a gentle nudge in a different direction.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eKara Kinney Cartwright\u003c\/b\u003e always says, please, thank you, and excuse me--even on the subway. She married a total good guy and, through relentless lecturing, threatening, teasing, cash bribing, and tricking, they have raised two sons who are not assh*les, for the most part. If you happen to know her in person, this book is not about you, for the most part. She lives near Washington, DC, and works as a law book editor.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Rodale Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50858720002322,"sku":"9780593138472","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_c0601077-790c-4444-85ea-abf45a468ca2.jpg?v=1737544635","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/just-dont-be-an-asshole-a-surprisingly-necessary-guide-to-being-a-good-guy-a-parenting-book-9780593138472","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}