"This is an addictive and side-splitting read. This should be a best seller—it is a total moment-in-time classic. Enthusiastically recommended."
—Library Journal, starred review

Based on the popular website, When Parents Text is an endearing ode to technologically confused adults. Lauren and Sophia discuss the creation of the book and site, and share some of their favorite parental texts.

About When Parents Text:

It probably started generations ago with little notes in the lunch box, a way for parents to let their kids know they were thinking of them. Then, e-mail was the preferred way to keep in touch, and parents became notorious for forwarding "funny" e-mail chains to engage with their children. Today, cell phones are rarely used for direct conversation—they're used for text messaging—and parents are again connecting with their kids through new technology, battling with T9 and autocorrect, and learning appropriate acronyms and emoticons. (No, LOL isn't "lots of love," and ({}) is most definitely not a hug.)

The generational divide in communication appears to have gotten wider, but the creators of the wildly successful and hilarious website, WhenParentsText.com, beg to differ. The thousands of texts submitted to them monthly proves that small keypads are bridging the gap, allowing parents to share news and dinner menus, ask questions, reference pop culture, and send lots of love!

WhenParentsText.com was born after Lauren and Sophia, best friends from childhood—both among the thousands of jobless college graduates living back home with their parents—laughed over a text exchange between Lauren and her mother. "When parents text, it's hilarious," Sophia said, and Lauren responded, "That should be a website." Now, a year later, the website boasts an average of 5 million hits per month, has been praised by Entertainment Weekly as "a daily dose of hilarity," and has kids across America bragging when mom or dad is featured on the site.

When Parents Text is a compilation of the funniest texts from the website, plus never before published content comprising more than 50 percent of the book. It is arranged thematically, with chapters such as Mealtime, Pix, Holidays, Parental Wisdom, and even a chapter dedicated to Harry Potter. It concludes with a very useful glossary of acronyms and emoticons (e.g., *$$$ is "Starbucks" and GGMM is "Good golly, Miss Molly").

Readers of any age will relate to, and even hear themselves or their own parents, in these priceless text conversations. An uproarious read as well as a commentary on our current culture, When Parents Text is sure to become an instant classic!

About the Authors:

Lauren Kaelin and Sophia Fraioli grew up in Montclair, N.J., and have been best friends since the 6th grade. After graduating from Smith (Lauren) and the University of Vermont (Sophia), they moved back to Montclair and created the hugely popular website, WhenParentsText.com. The two have since moved out of their childhood homes, but still text their parents. They currently live in Brooklyn and make their own tacos.