Please Yell at My Kids

“The eye-opening examination of foreign child-rearing practices demonstrates how policy failings and damaging cultural expectations have made raising a kid in the U.S. unnecessarily difficult. This sharp study makes a persuasive case against American-style parenting while charting a better path forward.” –Publishers Weekly (Starred Review)
“We no longer have to parent alone–Please Yell at My Kids showcases how parenting can be done together to make our children happier and parenting more enjoyable.”–Leah Ruppanner, sociologist, podcaster, author of the forthcoming Drained
“Please Yell at My Kids is an eye-opening and insightful read that challenges traditional parenting norms. With practical advice and global perspectives, it beautifully demonstrates the benefits of a community-centered approach to parenting. This book is a valuable resource for anyone seeking to enrich their parenting journey by embracing balance, community, and fun. I highly recommend it!”–Iben Dissing Sandahl, author of the international bestseller The Danish Way Of Parenting
“What a pleasure to read someone smart and funny who is fed up with a culture of parenting (spoiler alert: ours) that’s leaving parents with no great ways to make the whole process more fun, social and successful. When Marina tells you about what other cultures are doing, some of the ideas are going to make you go, “OMG!” but others, “OMG–let’s start doing that TODAY!” Mix and match these time-tested norms and you may just have a much easier, happier time raising your kids.“–Lenore Skenazy, President, Let Grow, and author of Free-Range Kids

Marina Lopes is a Brazilian-American journalist who has written about feminism, caregiving, and motherhood across five continents. Her 2019 series on the spread of the Venezuelan diaspora in South America was nominated by the Washington Post for a Pulitzer Prize. She was also a recipient of an International Women’s Media Foundation Grant for her coverage of sex trafficking rings in the Amazon. Her work has appeared in the New York Times, the Boston Globe, the BBC, PBS, Vice, and others. She lives in Singapore with her husband and two children.

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