Guy Delisle knows all the worst parenting techniques Slipping grammar lessons into bedtime stories, picking a favourite child, and experimenting with explosives: it's all in a day's work for Guy Delisle. In The Owner's Manual to Terrible Parenting, Delisle (author of Jerusalem: Chronicles from the Holy City, and A User's Guide to Neglectful Parenting) pays tribute to all the ways parents can drive their kids crazy, and vice versa, making it the perfect antidote to frustrating car rides filled with, "Are we there yet?" and epic battles over homework.