Book Review and Giveaway: The Bro Code for Parents by Barney Stinson with Matt Kuhn

Have you kept up with How I Met Your Mother, the CBS TV Sitcom? 

NO?

Well, Barney Stinson played by Neil Patrick Harris) has become an 'uncle' 

to Marshall and Lily's son Marvin!

This book was featured in Monday's episode!

Synopsis: 

So you’re going to be a parent.  You might be asking yourself a series of important questions:

--Will I be a good parent?

--Will I be able to afford this?

--Can I ever have sex again?

Well, the answer to all these questions is a rock-solid no.  But just because your existence is now a petrifying turd on the canvas of life doesn’t mean your kid has to be as lame as you’re about to become.  That’s why Barney has written this book—to teach readers how to be an awesomommy or legendaddy.

THE BRO CODE FOR PARENTS offers advice on:

--Choosing a baby name that won’t get your kid stuffed into a junior high locker

--Interviewing and hiring a smokin’ hot nanny

--Teaching your child instant classics like “The Boobs on the Bus” and “Bro, Bro, Bro Your Boat”

With full-color illustrations, interactive work sheets, and even suggestions for how to turn your stroller into a broller, THE BRO CODE FOR PARENTS provides all of the tools needed to raise a kid almost as awesome as Barney is.  ALMOST.

You can browse inside the book on the publisher website! 

Review: First off please remember, this book is MEANT to be humorous. Barney can be offensive, crude and borderline trashy (ok, more than borderline). and as Matt is one of the writers for the show, he lets the real Barney (so to speak) come out (no censorship!). So be prepared. This is NOT a serious parenting book- this is one you give the prospective dad to be, so he can have some laughs along the way! Ok, there may be some solid parenting advice (ie timelines for pregnancy (cranky, glowing, oh-oh (paraphrased), picking out a name, needing to pick out guardians)... 

The book starts with conception, then moves into pregnancy, into early childhood and then toddlerhood.  Uncle Barney's Alphabet Book is hilarious (I is for Indiana Jones, minus Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (agreed), or M is for ME, the best person in the world). The Barney takes on kids songs and books definitely straddle the line of good taste, but are funny ADULT humor! If you have someone who loves the show and is looking at starting a family, aka Barney, they'll love the book! It would also be a great gag gift for daddy-to-be at a baby shower!

About the Authors: 

Barney Stinson is awesome. He works for a powerful bank in New York City but somehow finds time to “suit up” and help the less fortunate, in particular his lovelorn and all together pathetic bro Ted Mosby—seriously, that dude’s got probs. When Barney’s not staging private bikini calendar shoots, test-driving tanks, or elbow-deep in another legendary activity, like riding a tiger bareback or blowing up a guitar, he can be seen on the hit CBS show How I Met Your Mother with his friends Ted, Robin, Lily, and Marshall.

Matt Kuhn is a staff writer for the CBS hit show How I Met Your Mother and also produces Barney’s Blog for the show’s website. He lives in Los Angeles, California, which is conveniently where he works.

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Disclosure / Disclaimer: I received this book for review purposes on this blog, free of charge, from TouchstonePublicity. No other compensation, monetary or in kind, has been received or implied for this post. Nor was I told how to post about it.