Sh*t My Kids Ruined An A-Z Celebration of Kid-Destruction

Quite possibly the best birth control on the market,Sh*t My Kids Ruinedis a pictorial tribute to the filthy, distasteful, gross, and painful moments of parenthood, and the children who make it all possible. Kids: they are the light of your life-and the enemy of all things fragile, intact, and clean. But why cry over spilt milk . . . or paint . . . or the entire contents of a full-size swimming pool? A testament to the messiness of childhood (and parenting), and a memorial to the household items that perished along the way, here are never-before-seen photos and outrageous stories of VCRs jammed with toys, toilets clogged with clothes, and furniture accented with permanent marker. Torn-up computer keyboards and torn-out hair, botched family photos and mustard-covered treadmills-nothing is off limits to your darling, destructive offspring. So raise a broken glass and embrace the madness, because laughter is the only surefire way to keep your sh*t together.

Julie Haas Brophy is the mother of two boys, whose home wreckage inspired Sh*t My Kids Ruined: An A-Z Celebration of Kid-Destruction. She and her husband cope from Irvington, New York, where she is the cofounder of Sibling Thrivelry Media.