I Hate Other People's Kids [Paperback]

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 Kidsdelivers 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 inThe 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 Kidsis clever, unforgiving, and sidesplittingly funny.Adrianne Frostis an actor and comedian living in New York City. She has been a panelist on VH1'sBest Week Ever.Adrianne has appeared onThe Daily Show, Late Night with Conan O'Brien,andLaw and Order.Her comic prose, Easter Is Cancelled, was published in the 2005 edition ofThe Signet Book of American Humor.