“So you’ve decided to have a child.”

From Bill Cosby’s Fatherhood.

In this humorous ode to the highs and lows of parenthood, specifically those attached to fatherhood, Bill Cosby walks prospective and new fathers through the hilarious, dangerous, and expensive job of being a father.  Explaining how everything falls apart (deciding to have a baby) and quickly tumbles out of control (of the perfect child you were expecting) to fighting to regain control (of the unending spending and live-in freeloaders), Cosby is honest in his portrayal of the many ups and downs that come with raising a child.  Cosby covers all the topics (read struggles) from lying children, underachieving kids in school, fashion-focused teens, picky eaters, temper tantrums, the manipulative youngest child, changed grandparents, and the most important part of fatherhood: supporting and backing up mom.

Drawing from both real life experiences and jokes from comedy routines, the father of five offers several nuggets of fatherhood wrapped in a healthy layer of humor.  This short book is a very quick read that will give fathers (or any reader, for that matter) some things to think about.  Fatherhood is a fun adventure through parenthood with one of America’s funniest comedy legends.