100 Ways Your Two-Year-Old Can Hurt You

Comics to Ease the Stress of Parenting

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Pub Date Sep 15 2020 | Archive Date Jul 29 2020

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Description

No one captures the messy but heartwarming experience of becoming a mother as accurately and hilariously as Messycow Comics.

In what ways is a toddler like a deadly weapon? What would it look like if your 2-year-old was an office worker? And how does being a parent completely transform one's sense of fashion? These questions and many more are the focus of the hilarious and relatable comics by Weng Chen, a thirtysomething Chinese-American cartoonist who details the realities of raising small children, growing older, and how technology and mass culture shape today's parenting experiences.

The debut book collection of her Messycow Comics presents one mom's fresh, insightful, and hilarious take on the joys, absurdities, and anxieties of modern parenting.
 
No one captures the messy but heartwarming experience of becoming a mother as accurately and hilariously as Messycow Comics.

In what ways is a toddler like a deadly weapon? What would it look like if...

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ISBN 9781524855635
PRICE $14.99 (USD)
PAGES 144

Average rating from 48 members


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This graphic novel was so real. Having 2 kids myself, so many of these rang 100% true. I loved it and am going to make my husband read it now too.

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As a parent of two young kids I recognized a whole lot of myself and my family in these cartoons. If I wasn't a parent I would likely have little to no interest! The art style is loose and engaging, but there are few too many gender stereotypes for my linking. A fun read for an afternoon and it helped me feel better about my kids screaming at each other about who gets to play with the legos.

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I liked these cartoons, and could relate to them even as an older sister with siblings 12 and 20 years younger than me. It really captures the children's essence, as well as parents.

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Review to come September 2nd on blog/goodreads.

I received this book from Netgalley in exchange of an honest review!

I have been following Chen Weng on Twitter for some time now and so I was absolutely delighted to see a book with her comics coming. I had to instantly had to click that read now!

This book bundles several of her comics, no clue if there are any new ones as I have been following her for long enough that I don't remember all comics. The comics are about parenting, about her kids, about her relationship, and they are all very funny and will have you giggle/laugh. I don't have kids myself, but I could relate to quite a few of the comics due to the fact I have done babysitting and worked at a daycare/kindergarten.

I love the comics with Before/After/VS/First and second baby and that in various forms like When I'm cooking vs When my husband is cooking or how she was with her babies during and after pregnancies. These comics definitely were my favourites.

Some comics are short, others are a couple of pages (like the one about what weapons kids have and what damage it does).

I really like her art style.

I had tons of fun reading this one and I am delighted that she has put the comics into a book, I am going to be adding this one to my collection as soon as it comes out.Not just for me, my husband is also a fan! I would recommend it to all who like comics about parenting filled with a big dose of humour.

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This such a great gift for the mom or dad of a toddler. It’s all so very accurate. The illustrations are fun and hilarious all on their own. It’s a compilation of funny comics of different everyday situations with a toddler!

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With thanks to NetGalley for the free ARC in exchange for an honest review.
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As a mother of two, I could related to most of the jokes in this book. Some of the situations were very realistic and I actually laughed out loud. I just wish that the illustrations were better. They were too stark and simple.
It is a good one-time read for parents. I don't know if I'd buy this book because there are better graphic comics out there, both in terms of content and illustrations and with far more pages.
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5 Stars (I received an e-arc from Net Galley in exchange for an honest review)

I don't have kids but this was a hilarious little graphic novel with cute illustrations. I'm sure that anyone who has ever had kids and people who have had to deal with kids as part of their career can relate. There are definitely some situations that reminded of my babysitting experience or have heard from friends and my sister being a teacher of younger grades.

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Funny comics. A bit repetitive with certain gags but kept me turning the pages for sure. Wish it was longer.

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Hilarious and very relatable! I am a parent to a very lively toddler, so I really could recognise most situations. The funny thing is nobody tells you these things before you have children, it is like Chen Weng is letting you in a secret club. Easy to follow, perhaps a bit repetitive (exactly like my life which seems to be full of routines, routines, routines), but still enjoyable.
Thank you to NetGalley and Andrew mcMeel publishing for the ARC provided in exchange for an honest opinion.

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If you are a parent (with kid of any age), you can relate. Not every situation have you experienced, but you know the drill. So what is inside this slim volume? Plenty of laughs, plenty of I know that, plenty of fun, and a good time to be had. This is the time of book that is hard to pace your reading, because, you say just 5 pages and then realize that you have finished the book. So do enjoy and take the time to reread all the ways your kids could maim you!

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This could be a fun refreshment to readers, especially new parents. Although I am not a parent or even married, I still had fun reading this comic.
We follow around a regular day in a life of a parent.
Some comics are a bit longer than others (most are only a page long).
The artwork is super adorable and I might actually even try out more from this author. A quick, fun little read.

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I'm a big fan of Messycow comics, the drawing style, the humor, and parenting references. Weng is able to perfectly illustrate the amusing contradictions of parenthood in a bite-sized manner. As the parent of a toddler, I can relate to many of the antics that raising a young child brings about. This was thoroughly enjoyable, and I look forward to more!

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I really enjoyed this book - laughed out loud on several occasions and even without kids of my own (although I do have a LOT of nieces and nephews) I found it extremely relatable.

I'm already considering which of my mum-friends to purchase this for, once it becomes available :-D

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I found this to be extremely funny. I have two kids of my own, one being a two-year-old and most of what's in here is on point. It's incredibly relatable and I laughed my head off reading this.

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Super cute and relatable. I laughed and cried. I need to get this to all my friends with two-year-olds.

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This collection of comics caused me to let out plenty of chuckles, it was a fun time to see Chen Weng share little moments of raising two daughters.

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Loved this book so much. I have two small children of my own so I laughed and related to it all. Thank you for making me feel not so alone.

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Thank you to the author and the publisher for giving me a free copy in exchange for an honest review!

I absolutely adored this book! It's full of comic's about what's it like being a mom and having kids. I can't really relate to the story, because I don't have kids, but I really enjoyed it nonetheless. It was a very quick read and it made me LOL a few times. Can't wait for the time I have kids of my own!

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100 Ways Your Two-Year-Old Can Hurt You by Chen Weng is a funny and truly relatable set of comics about family life and having children.

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this is a funny book consisting of comics about Parenthood I love the art style and I love the way that it makes Parenthood look just like it really is lol.

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Funny, relatable comics based on the life of the artist as she juggles family life with her work. I enjoyed this one.

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I loved it all, the drawings are simple with stories of everyday life, of what it was like before having a child and after.
Fun, super fast to read (read in a few hours), the drawings are super expressive, and even though I don't have a child I identified myself in several contexts.
I definitely recommend this book, it won me over in a unique way.

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Funny and true-to-life, if a bit heavy on the gender stereotypes on occasion. Moms especially will identify with a lot of the mixed emotions on display.

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This is a fun, quick read full of parenting humor. None of the jokes are particularly original, but I enjoyed the frenetic illustrations, the humor about parenting interactions and a mother's internal life, and the comic series about how small children can physically injure their parents in a variety of ways. That was one of the more unique elements of the book, whereas the other humor was similar to what I would expect from any other comic collection, book, essay, or blog post about parenting.

Fans of the author's web comic will enjoy this, but overall, I would recommend this as a library purchase, since it is unlikely to have a high audience retention rate or seem worth the money for one reader, but can still be fun for a variety of people. Other than that, I would recommend this comic collection to people who are completely new to parenting humor and need a funny book to page through during their occasional escapes to barricade themselves in the bathroom.

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It's basically the inside life of a mom with 2 kids. It's so funny and adorable. The artwork is adorable and lovely. Each panel is funny in its own way. I sometimes couldn't even contain myself from the laughter. Therefore, unless you want to wake up your entire family, I don't recommend reading this at night (by that I mean 2 am like me). I did that to have a relaxed mind. I had a relaxed mind afterwards but I woke up my neighbors too. Whoops. Nonetheless, it's an amazing comics to read and very relatable.

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An insight in the daily life of a mother with adorable illustrations.I loved how the writer took daily life incidents and made it cute and funny.The situations are not always funny ir cute and as a mom I can totally relate to every page of it.A laugh out loud book for the low times .

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It's basically the inside life of a mom with 2 kids. It's so funny and adorable. The artwork is adorable and lovely. Each panel is funny in its own way. I sometimes couldn't even contain myself from the laughter. Therefore, unless you want to wake up your entire family, I don't recommend reading this at night (by that I mean 2 am like me). I did that to have a relaxed mind. I had a relaxed mind afterwards but I woke up my neighbors too. Whoops. Nonetheless, it's an amazing comics to read and very relatable.

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First, it's not a children's book.
Second, do not take the title too seriously.
Third, the title makes sense only towards the second half.

I was like "what?! It ended?!" after reading 146 pages of this crazy real comic collection!
I was like "you just cannot end it like that!".

This is a comic collection about the author's day-to-day life regarding her life with her kids and her husband.

I can totally understand if this collection offends others but I feel the author/artist has done well in bringing out this collection which I find honest and straightforward.

I am a second child and I can see/understand what the author is trying to tell.

Yes, some parts do seem overdone and exaggerated but please, it's not meant to be taken seriously.

I had a great time reading this!

I wish there were more and I don't think the title does justice to the book.

The cover could have been better on my opinion.

Thank you NetGalley for this copy.

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This is an absolutely hilarious collection of little comics all about parenting.

I was giggling and teeheeing along the way, because this book is ridiculously honest. But it also puts it in such a fun light with the goofy cartoony comics and bright colours.

This is a quite and super fun read. I highly recommend it if you want some real giggles.

Four out of five stars.

Thank you to NetGalley and Andrews McMeel Publishing for providing me a free copy of this book in exchange of an honest review.

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