NOW IN A REVISED SECOND EDITION

Man vs. Child is a funny, fresh take on the parenting guide, written from the dad’s perspective. It’s about the absurdity of being a dad today: from your blissful pre-baby days through when your kid is off at school, probably complaining about you. It’s a companion to help you through the hard times, like when you need something to read on the toilet and your phone is dead.

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NAMED ONE OF AMAZON’S BEST HUMOR BOOKS OF 2017

Balancing relatable humor with heartfelt advice, Man vs. Child will appeal to any dad looking for both laughs and real guidance from a man who has had–and survived–these experiences himself. A perfect Father’s Day gift or present for a first-time dad!

PRAISE FOR MAN VS. CHILD:

“Doug Moe has written a delightful and helpful book that gives real advice about the Wild West world of raising children.” - Amy Poehler, actress, comedian, and NYT bestselling author of Yes, Please

“Moe ‘describes the awed affection new fathers may have for their children with relatable humor and genuine insight, offering a promising resource for the curious and the clueless.’” - The New Yorker

“From tackling toddler meltdowns to bringing up baby in any conversation, comedian Doug Moe’s irreverent take on the absurdity of fatherhood is a refreshing read for new dads. It feels like you’re chatting with a friend who admittedly doesn’t know everything, but does know exactly what you’re going through.” - Pregnancy & Newborn Magazine

“Wow is it terrific – funny, smart, relatable, and actually filled with some very good tips, from handling sleepless nights for tips to get rid of your kids’ weird friends on playdates.” - Cool Mom Picks

“Yes, it’s just one man’s point of view, but we have a feeling your guy will find more than enough in common with this hilarious dad-in-training.” -PureWow

Man Vs Child:  One Dad’s Guide to the Weirdness of Parenting

About the Book

***Named one of Amazon’s Best Humor Books of 2017.***

“Doug Moe has written a delightful and helpful book that gives real advice about the Wild West world of raising children.” - Amy Poehler

Moms have hundreds of parenting advice books willing to tackle the more cringe-inducing questions of parenthood. But what about books for the other half of the equation: the dads?

Man Vs. Child is a funny, fresh take on the parenting guide, written from the dad’s perspective.  More info here.

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Praise

“Doug Moe has written a delightful and helpful book that gives real advice about the Wild West world of raising children.”  

- Amy Poehler

*** “Moe describes the awed affection new fathers may have for their children with relatable humor and genuine insight, offering a promising resource for the curious and the clueless.”

-The New Yorker

*** “From tackling toddler meltdowns to bringing up baby in any conversation, comedian Doug Moe’s irreverent take on the absurdity of fatherhood is a refreshing read for new dads. It feels like you’re chatting with a friend who admittedly doesn’t know everything, but does know exactly what you’re going through.”

- Pregnancy & Newborn Magazine

*** “Wow is it terrific – funny, smart, relatable, and actually filled with some very good tips, from handling sleepless nights for tips to get rid of your kids’ weird friends on playdates.”

- Cool Mom Picks

*** “Yes, it’s just one man’s point of view, but we have a feeling your guy will find more than enough in common with this hilarious dad-in-training.”

- PureWow

*** “Thankfully for new fathers like me, Doug Moe knows it all, from little kids doing pee-pee to big kids doing homework. It’s essential reading for dads and future dads.”

- Michael Showalter, writer/director and cocreator of Wet Hot American Summer

*** “Doug Moe is the second-best father I know. Even if the only thing you get from this book is a good time, then Doug has done more for fathers than any other book of its kind.”

- Rob Corddry, actor and comedian, The Daily Show and Ballers

*** “I am about to have a baby and I am terrified and feel like an idiot! Then I read Doug Moe’s Man vs. Child! Now, I am prepared to have a baby. I am slightly less terrified and I am still an idiot! Thanks, Doug!”

- Bobby Moynihan, actor and comedian, Saturday Night Live

“Hurry up and buy this book! I didn’t get a chance before my baby came and now I’m screwed! Help! I haven’t slept in weeks and now I don’t know what I’m doing! Dammit, Doug, why didn’t you write this while I still had time to read books??”

- Rob Huebel, actor and comedian, Human Giant and Transparent

*** “Man vs. Child is a hilariously honest look at parenting that even moms can appreciate. I mean, any book that encourages new dads to ‘vacuum and be nice’ is one I can get behind!”

- Ilana Wiles, blogger and author of The Mommy Shorts Guide to Remarkably Average Parenting

*** “A taut, erotic thriller. This is a smart, dark look at  the human condition, our strengths and our weaknesses.  Doug Moe has done it again.  I did not read this book.”

- Jason Mantzoukas, actor and comedian, The League

*** “Doug Moe is hilarious. I’d read anything he wrote, including this book, which I read and loved. Doug’s writing is funny and irreverent, which could lead one to think he’s a bad dad, and quite honestly, I thought that for years.“ 

- Jon Daly, actor and comedian, Kroll Show

Media

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Best Humor Books of 2017

Toot toot! I’m tooting my own horn because my book got picked as one of Amazon’s Best Humor and Entertainment Books of 2017!  If you’re a Doug Moe super-fan, you might be thinking “didn’t I already hear this?” The answer is - No! A few months ago, it was named in the Best Humor and Entertainment Books of 2017 *so far* So now that it’s the end of the year, my book has defended its title, so to speak. I’m in this list with John Hodgman, Whitney Cummings, Chuck Klosterman, Kelly Oxford, etc. - I’m an underdog on this one for sure. And of course, if you’ve bought it or left a review, thanks so much. If not - it makes a great gift for any parent, even moms! Think about picking up a copy if you haven’t yet. Yay!

Top Candies of 2017

A year ago, I saw several different kids dressed as Donald Trump for Halloween, back before we knew that we’d be suffering under that lunatic’s idiocy.  What an exhausting year!  Halloween is one of my favorite holidays, but this year even the candy seems worn down by the last horrible year of politics.

Top Candies of 2017:

Weird Searches

My daughter was searching on Amazon, her preferred mode of shopping, for a birthday gift for her friend.  When I go on Amazon, I type in stuff like “Man Vs Child: One Dad’s Guide to the Weirdness of Parenting” (natch).  But my daughter, not having anything specifically in mind, was searching in the most I-don’t-understand-the-internet ways.  The search terms she was using:  

Incredibly, we eventually found a couple of things in the cheap-cool-fun-fancy category of gift.  Maybe I should loosen up and let the Amazon search function do its thing more often.

Seriously, though:  have you bought my book, Man Vs Child:  One Dad’s Guide to the Weirdness of Parenting?  It makes a great gift!  Maybe not for an 11-year old.  And granted, it’s not a “cool fun fancy laser gift for girls.”

Amy Schumer absolutely nailed what’s wrong with women’s health in America by literally putting Congressmen in charge of her body. But more than that she exposed the hypocrisy in how they treat her.

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oh god, this country

I see a familiar face. Ahem… @dougmoe.

Looking forward to getting that sweet GIF money!  Oh wait, there is no GIF money.

I got to write up a little guest post for Baby Rabies about end of summer regrets. Check it out!

Andrea Grymes interviewed me on CBS New York about my book - here’s the interview in case you missed it!

I have to come up with a better answer to “what did my wife think about the book?”

Graduation from 5th Grade

It has been a while since I have been really writing stuff for the blog here, what with me trying to get you all to buy my book.  In the interim my daughter just graduated from Fifth Grade!  Wow.  So needless to say the last 3 weeks of school were occupied with practicing the graduation ceremony.  

Yeah, VERY important to get this right.  My daughter, channeling her soon-to-be-tween outrage at all injustices (not enough options for breakfast, who gets phones and when, war), found this constant practice maddening.  "Why do we have to practice OVER and OVER?“  

According to her, the teachers kept telling the kids that they had to do well because they "represented their parents.”  She found this unconvincing, and I don’t blame her.  Bringing shame to your family is harder to do these days (see also: The President).  Gone are the days when families hang their heads and cry at their rising 6th graders’ half-assed rendition of “Grand Old Flag.”  Or maybe I’m as bad as anyone at not taking personal responsibility.  It’s not MY fault if the school has bored her for 3 weeks, causing her to lose focus at the crucial moment.

In any case, the graduation ceremony was as good as they normally are, which is to say that it was a little boring but necessary.  It was sort of like how I think about church:  you have to get through some boring parts to get to the good parts:  the songs, any songs.  And what kinds of songs did they sing?  Oh, you know, graduation style songs like “It’s a Grand Old Flag” and “Star-Spangled Banner” and Cindy Lauper’s “True Colors.”  Yeah, that was a little weird.  No “She-Bop?”

Still, you have to have ceremonies like this to mark transitions.  You need a little pomp, you need some reason to dress up.  Heck, you need some boring speeches about opening “new chapters” of life and you need some cheesy affirmations.  Next year, she starts middle school - it really is a new chapter, as trite sounding as that is.  

I think that means I’ll officially have a tween on my hands - yikes.  And then the next graduation will be a real one:  high school graduation.  Unless they do a Middle School graduation.  Sigh, they might do a middle school graduation.