By HOLLY WAINWRIGHT
In news that will make snarky parents everywhere smile a secret smile, there’s a sequel to possibly the most famous non-children’s children’s book of all time, “Go The F-k To Sleep.”
You know the one. The one that all the celebrities read out in honey-tinged voices.
The one that made its author, the professionally hilarious Adam Mansbach, famous and wealthy.
You know, THIS one.
Well now he’s done it again. And this time, instead of targetting sleep-deprived parents (that’s, um, all of them), Mansbach is going for the fussy eater crowd. Because there are a lot of those, too:
We don’t know what’s in this book yet, beyond this one preview pic:
But as the mother of one VERY fussy 2 year-old, I have a few suggestions. And I know this is not in cutesy rhyming couplets, but when you’ve spent TWO YEARS trying to get a very tiny, very strong-minded little person to eat one measly little spear of broccoli (no, not the same one), you haven’t got the patience for that level of creative endeavour.
So, in honour of my beloved boy, here’s my version, ‘Just eat the f-ing food.’
Yes, I know the day ends in a ‘Y’ , but just eat the f-ing food.
Yes, I know that vegetable appears to be green, but just eat the f-ing food.
Yes, I know that’s not your red dinosaur plate, it’s your blue dinosaur plate, but c’mon, just eat the f-ing food.
Yes, I know that the biscuit’s not perfectly square, but just eat the f-ing food.
Yes, it’s fruit. Just eat the f-ing food.
Yes, I know it’s what you had last night, and the night before, and the night before. Just eat the f-ing food.
Don’t worry Adam, I think your job’s safe.
Did you love Go The F- To Sleep?
Top Comments
I am so disappointed that the book," You have to f*****g eat" is getting so much notoriety. The Author, Adam Manbach, wrote this as a sequel to the #1 best New York Times seller, "Go the f**k to Sleep". An Animated Children's Book. Mr. Manbach appeared on the Today Show this morning and they allowed him to read some of his book but Savannah and Natalie both had buzzers to mash when a bad word was said which was 80% of the reading.
I am speaking out because of my personal battle with an almost lifelong eating disorder, that now at 44 years old I have had a feeding tube for 15-16 years now and have been in & out of some of the best eating disorder centers in the U.S. and still struggle.
All you hear and see in the media is the push to fight to beat childhood obesity and obesity in general. So this, to me, seems to be an oxymoron. Not to mention the bullying that goes along with being maybe called "chubby" or for me "fatty, fatty 2 by four". Those kind of comments can stay in your head for a lifetime!!!
I don't know what other's are saying about this because I haven't looked, but I hope to goodness that I am not alone!!
Sincerely,
Gena Bostic Alberson
I am sorry to hear of your eating disorder but I hardly think the book is about eating disorders, or a childs weight or anyones for that matter and I wouldn't think its meant to offend anyone with any disorders or weight problems as I myself am one.
I think the book more relates to a parents struggle to get a young child to eat who refuses to eat anything and the worry that they are going to shrivel up and die from starvation if they don't and that they feel like a bad parent because their child has not eaten that day. I myself am a first time parent and even I stuggle at times to find something that my child wants to eat. At a young age some children can be terribly temperamental with this and we all know it is a necessity in life that we do eat something by any means. This book I think is more an outpouring of a parents frustration while dealing with this period in their childs life. Its meant to be mere humour and if you are taking it as anything but, then I believe you are projecting your own insecurities & experiences on it and finding offence in something where there isn't any.
I like these books, I enjoy their humour and I see them for what they are. I find it disappointing that some don't.
The Samuel L. Jackson verison of Go the F@#k To Sleep is the best. Noni wannabes version is a cheap knock-off