Marybeth Hicks - Bringing Up Geeks: How to Protect Your Kids Childhood in a Grow-Up-Too-Fast World

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Praise for Bringing Up Geeks

Marybeth Hicks reminds us that it is more important to be our childrens parents than it is to be their friends. Her book is a go-to guide when its time to set limits on how much and what our children are exposed to in this world of celebrity, mass media, and affluence.

Chris Hansen,Dateline NBCcorrespondent and author of
To Catch a Predator: Protecting Your Kids from
Online Enemies Already in Your Home

Every so often a book comes along that I tell my friends they absolutely must read.... Read this book, declare your status as a geek mom or dad, and create a better life for your family.... This is the time for us to take back our childrens childhoods, and in doing so to claim our role as strong, protective parents.

Dr. Kimberly M. Thompson, associate professor and director of the
Kids Risk Project, Harvard School of Public Health

Todays popular culture is robbing from an entire generation of children their most treasured possessionthe sweet innocence of youth. Bringing Up Geeks is a breath of fresh air, and we owe Marybeth Hicks a debt of gratitude. Its required reading for any parent struggling to raise a child in a society thats lost its moral compass.

L. Brent Bozell, president, Media Research Center and
founder, Parents Television Council

In an era when children are being systematically robbed of their childhood, Marybeth Hicks offers sound advice on how to let kids be kids and still grow up to be fulfilled, responsible, well-rounded adults. Bringing Up Geeks makes more sense than anything Ive ever read on the subject of raising children.

Pat Sajak, father, husband, and host ofWheel of Fortune

Marybeth Hicks writes with a keen eye and a mothers loving heart in this hilarious guide to raising a child you can actually take out in public without cringing. Brava to Marybeth and her original and comedic voice.

Adriana Trigiani,New York Timesbestselling author

Bringing Up Geeks is the most reassuring and valuable thing I have read concerning my most important job... being a parent. I want to raise my kids to embrace the right values, and not to simply seek out the cool route. I want them to have the confidence and conviction to follow their hearts and recognize what is truly important to them. Bringing Up Geeks brings real clarity to a complicated process.

Jay Bilas, husband, father, lawyer, and ESPN basketball analyst

Lets cut to the chase: Every parent in America should own and read this book. Parents who dont will be at a huge disadvantage, because it brilliantly helps them understand and deal effectively and wisely with raising a child in our culture today. Thats the most important and difficult job there isand this book is simply an ENORMOUS help. It could have just been titled The Parents Handbook. Do yourself and your kids a big favor: Get this book and USE it! Youll be thanking the author for many years to come.

Eric Metaxas, VeggieTales writer and author ofAmazing Grace:
William Wilberforce and the Heroic Campaign to End Slavery
andEverything You Always Wanted to Know About God
(but were afraid to ask)

Marybeth Hicks has provided readers of the Washington Times with years of parenting wisdom, and her new book Bringing Up Geeks promises to add to that extraordinary body of sage advice for every family seeking to engage the hearts, souls, and minds of their children in the midst of the current culture wars.

John Solomon, editor in chief,The Washington Times

Hooray for Marybeth Hicks! In her funny, original, and engaging new book, she shows us everything good about parenting against the culture. Far from being a nerd, this mom inspires us to raise GEEK kids by helping us see how they will be so much more cool than their peers when it comes to finding real joy in todays worldand tomorrows.

Betsy Hart, syndicated columnist, and author ofIt Takes a Parent:
How the Culture of Pushover Parenting Is Hurting Our Kids
And What to Do About It

Right on to raising happy, independent GEEKS! Rules and limits dont stultify children any more than strict iambic pentameter stultified Shakespeare. Marybeth Hicks encourages parents to stick to their guns and buck the sexy/cynical/smart-alec kiddie culture that most parents actually hate, but feel powerless to fight. I just hope its not too late for me and my own kids!

Lenore Skenazy, columnist,New York Sun

Marybeth Hicks has raised the bar for families. Bringing Up Geeks boldly challenges adults to act like their childrens parents instead of their buddies. Geeks are the new cool.

Lori Borgman,Indianapolis Starcolumnist and author of
I Was a Better Mother Before I Had Kids

Bringing Up Geeks puts a positive spin on being a geek. Hicks offers insightful rationale for raising brainy, sheltered, and principled children, along with an arsenal of helpful anecdotes and sound advice. Its cool to be uncool, and incorporating this paradigm shift will allow kids to enjoy the innocence of their childhoods, rather than be swept into our highly sexualized mainstream culture.

Rebecca Hagelin, vice president, The Heritage Foundation and
author ofHome Invasion: Protecting Your Family in a
Culture Thats Gone Stark Raving Mad

At last, someone is telling parents its better to raise a kid for success in life than to be cool in the seventh grade. If your family is teetering at the brink of todays culture of cool (or even if youve been swallowed whole), pick up this book. Marybeth Hicks has emerged from the trenches to endorse common sense and courage in parenting.

Jen Singer, founder, Mommasaid.net and author ofYoure a
Good Mom (and Your Kids Arent So Bad Either)

If youre worried about your kids growing up too fast and struggle to keep your kids from the potentially harmful effects of MySpace, MTV, and racy music lyrics, Bringing Up Geeks has the answers youve been looking for. Hickss practical, reassuring, and commonsense advice is a Godsend for moms and dads, whether theyre just starting a family or have already hit the teen years.

Tim Bete, director, Erma Bombeck Writers Workshop and
author ofGuide to Pirate Parenting

Bringing Up Geeks by Marybeth Hicks serves as a compass for finding and nurturing the good character in children. Parents stand to regain their bearings for doing the right thing from Hickss clarity, kindness, and well-researched facts.

Suzette Martinez Standring, syndicated columnist, GateHouse News
Service and author ofThe Art of Column Writing: Insider Secrets
from Art Buchwald, Dave Barry, Arianna Huffington, Pete Hamill
and Other Great Columnists

Finally! Bringing Up Geeks is the book Ive been waiting for. In it, Marybeth Hicksin her practical, unassuming, hilarious way encourages parents and kids to leave our social-consciousness and worldly values behind and embrace being geeky. I, for one, couldnt be happier that Hicks is willing to tell the truth about what our goals as parents should be, as well as the awesome rewards of parenting the geeky way. If you long to raise Genuine, Enthusiastic, Empowered Kids (and who doesnt?!), read this book.

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