Get parenting advice from geeky pop culture icons like The Addams Family's Morticia and Black Panther's T'Chaka in 97 entertaining mini-essays for parents who want to teach their kids to stay strong--and conquer the world. It takes a starship to raise a child. Or a time machine. Or a tribe of elves. Fortunately,
Geek Parenting offers all that and more, with thoughtful mini-essays that reveal profound child-rearing advice (and mistakes) from the most beloved tales of geek culture.
Nerds and norms alike can take counsel from some of the most iconic parent-child pairings found in pop culture: Whether you're raising an Amazon princess, a Jedi Padawan, a brooding vampire, or a standard-issue human child,
Geek Parenting helps you navigate the ion storms, alternate realities, and endless fetch quests that come with being a parent.
Includes parenting experts from across time and space, such as:
- Luke and Darth Vader from Star Wars
- Peter Parker and Aunt May from Spider-Man
- Joffrey and Cersei from Game of Thrones
- Frodo and Bilbo from Lord of the Rings
- Thor, Loki, and Odin from Thor
- Spock, Sarek, and Amanda from Star Trek: The Original Series
- Claudia and Lestat from The Interview with the Vampire
- Bruce Wayne and Alfred from Batman
- Buffy and Giles from Buffy the Vampire Slayer
- Orpheus and Morpheus from The Sandman
- Paul Atreides and Lady Jessica from Dune
- Kal-El and Jor-El from Superman
- Diana and Hippolyta from Wonder Woman
- Alexander and Worf from Star Trek: The Next Generation