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I Hate Other People's Kids Paperback – March 1, 2006

by Adrianne Frost (Author), Wilson Swain (Illustrator)
4.3 4.3 out of 5 stars 53 ratings
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Sure, children are the greatest gift of all -- but that doesn't mean you want to be seated next to one on an airplane.

From the dawn of time, other people's kids have found ways to spoil things for the rest of us. Movie theaters, parks, restaurants -- every venue that should be a place of refuge and relaxation has instead become a freewheeling playground complete with shrieks, wails, and ill-timed excretions.

Now, I Hate Other People's Kids delivers a complete handbook for navigating a world filled with tiny terrors -- and their parents. It boldly explores how children's less- endearing traits have disrupted life throughout history ("And they say Jesus loved the little children, all the children of the world, but he never had to dine with one. He chose the lepers") and classifies important subspecies of tyke, from "Little Monsters" (Dennis the Menace, Bamm-Bamm Rubble) to the "So Good It Hurts" variety (Dakota Fanning, Ricky Schroeder in The Champ). Dotted with illuminating sidebars such as "Parents Think It's Cute, but It Isn't" and featuring tips on ingeniously turning the tables without seeming childish yourself, I Hate Other People's Kids is clever, unforgiving, and sidesplittingly funny.
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    1416909885
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Adrianne Frost is an actor and comedian living in New York City. She has been a panelist on VH1's Best Week Ever. Adrianne has appeared on The Daily Show, Late Night with Conan O'Brien, and Law and Order. Her comic prose, "Easter Is Cancelled," was published in the 2005 edition of The Signet Book of American Humor.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Simon Spotlight Entertainment; First Edition (March 1, 2006)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 138 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1416909885
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1416909880
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 5.8 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5 x 0.37 x 7.8 inches
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Shaun Landry
5.0 out of 5 stars For those who deal..and for those who forgot.
Reviewed in the United States on March 6, 2006
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I thinkt the wonderful thing about this satirical look on the beasts we call "The Younguns" is the idea that we have not only run across these types of children on a regular basis (be it your own or someone's little "darlings")

...you can walk down memory lane and remember which category *you fell into* as a child and up to it laughing through your own childhood.

I will own it. I was the kid who entertained and a parent could yell out a commerical and I could sing the jingle like a trained monkey.

I see that kid now and smile and cringe. I was this kid. He will be that trained monkey until he is 23 and the parents sill wonder why they are living in a two bedroom apartment with nine other trained monkeys aksing for rent money and some cash to remove the tatoo of "die young" off thier arm for a possible national television commercial.

Yeah. Its from making your kid sing the Big Fig Newton at thanksgiving for horrified friends. Replete with the Fig Newton Movements.

This book is funny. And had me snort laughing remembering what sort of kid I was. And the pain I inflicted.

Congrats Ms. Frost.
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L. Hargrave
5.0 out of 5 stars I love this book!
Reviewed in the United States on March 22, 2006
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This book tells it like it is. I'm a single woman with no kids- (cats, not brats!) and trying to date single men these days is such a nightmare. So many of them have children and it's like they've all been castrated and put on leashes by their ex-wives. They sit on stools of perpetual repentance for their divorces and try to make up for it by being SUPERDAD and giving their little twerps anything they want and letting them do anything they want. They're soft, pale, fleshy and totally obsessed with child-rearing- just like so many women. When I was a child in the 1970's, divorce was a liberation, not a lifetime guilt trip, and parents had their own lives and didn't have their knees firmly planted on the altar of parenthood. Men were men and acted like men. Hopefully, this book will help some of these hyperparents realize that not everyone loves their kids like they do. There are some people who see other people's kids as loads that should have been swallowed. There are some people who are motivated by other people's kids to donate money to the Abortion Rights Action League.
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King Lerch
4.0 out of 5 stars Very funny, funnier than other similar books...yet not a masterpiece
Reviewed in the United States on December 2, 2009
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I got a few books on the subject of the kid-free lifestyle, this one was the better of them. It is very funny in spots and doesn't act like a preachy guidebook as much as just a funny, enjoyable book. It was not laugh-out-loud funny (I'm a pretty tough comedic critic) so no 5 stars from me, but worth the $.
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Jennifer
5.0 out of 5 stars One of my favorite books now
Reviewed in the United States on March 20, 2021
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This is one of my favorite books now, lol. I bought this to read as stress relief during a time when I worked in a setting with lots of loud and bratty children. It definitely provided that much needed comical perspective and relief. Would highly recommend.
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Karmen Z. Kingery
5.0 out of 5 stars This book gets it
Reviewed in the United States on June 18, 2013
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This book understands the grievances that people have in regards to other peoples' offspring, though some may be afraid to admit they have such problems with them. It covers a range of complaints not just regulated to restaurants. And the section on the different kid types is just funny.
I personally believe that they should pass this book around to new parents so that they don't do things like allow the kids to destroy stores or take them to inappropriate movies.
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La Coccinelle
3.0 out of 5 stars "Hate" is a strong word...
Reviewed in the United States on August 20, 2007
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I read this short little book in a few hours this afternoon, while being exiled to the back of the house by OPK (Other People's Kids) who spent the good part of five hours in front of my house, having what appeared to be a yelling contest. Fitting, no?

I had read some of the reviews of the book before purchasing, and many seemed to think that the author was full of hatred. I have to admit that, after reading the book, I can't quite figure out if it was an attempt to be funny, or if the author actually "hates" children. To me, that word almost implies violence, so I was a little uncomfortable with her liberal use of the term. She also seems to confuse the children themselves with the parenting (or lack of parenting) that produced the little monsters. Not every child will fling food in a restaurant. There are some (I'm assuming, anyway) who have been taught proper behaviour by their parents. At least, we can hope there are...

For anyone who's ever had the misfortune of running into any of the types of children she profiles in the book, it's an amusing look at... well, the truth. Most people who will have major problems with this book are probably the kind of parents with the kind of kids who are described so amusingly within its pages. And the author does make some good points: children should not be allowed in adult-oriented movies, young children should not be taken to fancy restaurants, etc.

All in all, it wasn't a bad read, but I think it would have been a lot funnier without quite as much venom and the word "hate". Hey, I'm annoyed by most kids, and even I was a little offended.
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Matthew R. Krevat
5.0 out of 5 stars I'm a parent who loves this
Reviewed in the United States on March 1, 2006
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I'm glad this is only $10, because I'll be ordering some as gifts. I kept finding myself thinking, "Yeah, I hate kids like that" . . . then hoping my kids aren't seen like that. Funny. Infuriating. Accurate. Frost goes from perfect representations of reality to extreme satire so quickly you can get whiplash. A great read . . . especially for the looks you get in public from parents with wild children.
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Christina
4.0 out of 5 stars Laugh out loud funny!
Reviewed in the United States on September 15, 2008
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The author really gets to the heart of why we can't stand OPK! True-to-life scenarios made me laugh out loud, and even read them aloud to my husband! Even if you have kids, you can understand hating OTHER people's kids! It's funny and sarcastic without being truly nasty....a fun read. Short, but funny and quotable!
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John Ryder
5.0 out of 5 stars Sehr Gut!!
Reviewed in Germany on March 28, 2022
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Klar werden die Mamas jetzt wieder in Rezensionen dagegen halten, wie in der Deutschen Version schon passiert, aber eben genau das ist ja der Punkt dieses Buches.
Als selbst "Geschädigter" von Nachbarn denen alles egal zu sein scheint, heilt das Buch meine gequälte Seele. Und ich habe nicht generell etwas gegen Kinder, überhaupt nicht. Es geht nämlich auch anders.
Aber eine Prise Humor sollte man eben auch haben, nicht alles immer gleich so ernst nehmen.
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Barry G.
3.0 out of 5 stars Three Stars
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 11, 2017
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A bit light on content.
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FunMaker
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in Canada on February 1, 2015
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Great read.
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Jammyjam
4.0 out of 5 stars Four Stars
Reviewed in Canada on July 21, 2018
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Really funny.
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Leona
4.0 out of 5 stars Etwas übertrieben, aber stellenweise sehr lustig
Reviewed in Germany on January 25, 2017
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Hand aufs Herz: Wen haben fremde Kinder nicht schon mal genervt? Egal, ob es das Kind im Supermarkt ist, das einen Tobsuchtsanfall bekommt, weil es die gewünschte Süßigkeit nicht kriegt, das dauerschreiende Kind im Zugabteil oder Flugzeug oder das Kind von Bekannten, das seinen Eltern Obszönitäten nachruft.
Es ist okay, diese Gefühle zu haben, wirklich! Und wir sind nicht alleine!
Adrianne Frost, eine US-amerikanische Komikerin beschreibt viele Situationen, die jeder aus dem Alltag kennt, wo es aber als "politisch inkorrekt" gilt, wenn man genervt ist oder sich sogar über das Verhalten von Kindern beschwert (Gott bewahre!), dann werden die Eltern zu Furien.
Gut beschrieben fand ich auch das anmaßende und z.T. respektlose Verhalten heutiger Eltern dem Rest der Welt gegenüber (ich sage nur "überdimensionierte Kinderwägen").
Allerdings fand ich manche Beschreibungen etwas übertrieben (das soll wohl so sein). Ich persönlich kenne auch sehr nette Kinder und Teenager, also man sollte nicht alle über einen Kamm scheren.
Ich hatte beim Lesen viele Lach-Flashs und habe auch neue Englischvokabeln gelernt, zB "tyke" (= kleines Kind, Knirps).
Dieses Buch ist für alle, die von der ewigen political correctness in Bezug auf Kinder und deren Eltern genug haben.
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