Parents! Need help raising your child? Checkout this humorous handbook that captures motherly advice and provides words of encouragement to parents young and old. It is the author's intent is to share the unwritten rules from mother's everywhere. Namely, if you really listen to "what your mother always said" you will hear the unwritten rules of parenting. Over the past year, the author has been asking people from all over the country to share rules from their childhood. The result of that sampling and her own entertaining writing style is presented in the pages that follow. You will enjoy the hilarious walk down memory lane and the laughable, tongue-and-cheek presentation of what mothers everywhere are saying that their children "ought to do!" The author, reflecting on her child-rearing years, has captured the ludicrous elements of parenthood. Her absurd hoax helps us to reflect upon the thorny and serious issues of raising intelligent and loving children with strong moral character. Parenthood is a full-time job and should be performed with the same level of diagnosis, preparation, study and commitment as brain or open-heart surgery. This book packs a powerful punch, with a mixture of reality and humor. It eases the pain, allowing us to laugh at ourselves along the way.