Between the fat stacks of parenting books designed to engender paranoia and hyper-competitiveness, and the culture that demands everyone must 'have it all,, today's parents don't stand a chance. BECAUSE I'M THE CHILD HERE AND I SAID SO by cartoonist Pat Byrnes is a gleeful send-up of modern parenting: the obsession, the sport, the pseudo science, and all the maddening challenges parenting presents. Each full-color cartoon features a smart punch line that will make you smile (or wince in recognition). Fortunately, Because I'm the Child Here and I Said So is the antidote to all your parenting woes. Whether you keep it for your own sanity or give it to a desperate parent, the cartoons of Pat Byrnes will delight and amuse.