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No parent is ever alone—especially in the bathroom. Perfect for baby showers, tired mums, or any dad who's ever stepped on a LEGO, this laugh-out-loud celebration of chaos, love, and sticky-fingered joy is hilarious, heartfelt, and highly relatable. This collection of delightful observations from award-winning cartoonists...
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No parent is ever alone—especially in the bathroom. Perfect for baby showers, tired moms, any dad who's ever stepped on a LEGO, this laugh-out-loud celebration of chaos, love, and sticky-fingered joy is hilarious, heartfelt, and highly relatable.
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No parent is ever alone—especially in the bathroom. Perfect for baby showers, tired mums, or any dad who's ever stepped on a LEGO, this laugh-out-loud celebration of chaos, love, and sticky-fingered joy is hilarious, heartfelt, and highly relatable.
This collection of delightful observations from award-winning cartoonists and stand-up comedians Scott Dooley and Jason Chatfield will reassure all parents that everything’s going to be totally fine. Whether it’s accepting dried vomit as a constant presence or helping them move into their first apartment, You're Not a Real Parent Until… joyfully delves into what makes parenting the most rewarding, frustrating, hilarious, gross, and wouldn’t-change-it-for-the-world experience.
In the spirit of For Dummies and The Far Side, You're Not a Real Parent Until… is the perfect gift for any parent, especially those of newborns, toddlers, and young children.
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9798881602406
Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing
Format: Hardback
Date Published: 19 November 2026
Country: United States
Imprint: Andrews McMeel Publishing
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Width: 178.0mm
Height: 178.0mm
Weight: 24g
Pages: 128
About the Author
Jason Chatfield is an Australian cartoonist, author and comedian based in New York. For the past 16 years, he has worked as an internationally syndicated comic artist, writing and drawing the iconic 102-year-old strip, “Ginger Meggs” published daily through Andrews McMeel Syndication. His work has been regularly published in the New Yorker, Esquire, MAD, Air Mail, Variety, and other publications in print and online, along with books published by Penguin Random House, Simon & Schuster, and Harper Collins. His art has been exhibited in France, the UK, Australia, and all over the United States. At age 26, he became President of the Australian Cartoonists’ Association (Est. 1924), and then at 36, President of the National Cartoonists Society (Est. 1946). He is the youngest person to ever hold either position.
Scott Dooley is an Australian comedian and writer based in New York. He has toured the world as a comedian, released a critically acclaimed stand-up special, and performed alongside the world's biggest comics. Scott regularly contributes to The New Yorker, appears on television, radio and podcasts around the globe. He has written a graphic novel and once saw a fish in the wild die of natural causes. Despite all this experience this is the best bio he could come up with.
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