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Beginning in April, Round Table Companies will offer comic book adaptations of best-selling nonfiction books.

Here’s more from the press release: “In partnership with Smarter Comics, Round Table Companies will release six comic books on April 16, 2011 in bookstores throughout the U.S. and Indigo bookstores in Canada, as well as in Hudson News stores on May 1, 2011. Additionally, readers can download a digital version of the books for free, online or on the SmarterComics Android applications from April 1 to July 1, 2011.”

The titles up for adaptation include The Long Tail by Chris Anderson, Overachievement by Dr. John Eliot, How to Master the Art of Selling by Tom Hopkins, Mi Barrio by Robert Renteria, Shut Up, Stop Whining & Get a Life by Larry Winget, and The Art of War by Sun Tzu.

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Your Kids Are Your Own Fault by Larry Winget

Reviewed by: Chris Singer

About the author:

Larry Winget, known as the Pitbull of Personal Development®, is one of the country’s leading business speakers and a member of the National Speakers Association Hall of Fame. He is also the host of A&E’s reality series Big Spender and author of the New York Times bestseller It’s Called Work for a Reason! He lives in Paradise Valley, Arizona with his family.

About the book:

I know what you are thinking. Why is Larry Winget writing a book about kids? As Larry explains, “Why am I writing this book? Look around. Our kids are a mess! They are overmedicated, over-indulged, over-fed, over-weight, over-entertained, under-educated, under-achieving, under-disciplined, disrespectful, illiterate brats with a sense of entitlement that is crippling our society. And it has to change!”

Along with in-depth research and experience from raising his own kids, Winget makes sure you “don’t expect to change your kids’ behavior, unless you are willing to change your own.” He uses the same tough love approach that has made him a bestselling author to make sure you are teaching your kids the right values to become productive adults and live a successful life.

Winget forces parents to take a good look at their own behavior and make a change. He offers five basic principles but maintains that it isn’t a matter of just doing them; it is how well you do them that counts. Winget touches upon all of life’s lessons from being responsible with money, to discipline, to dealing with your child as a dating teenager.

My take on the book:

I have a confession to make. When I got an e-mail asking if I would review this book, the e-mail was worded like I would know who Larry Winget was. However, I had no idea as the name didn’t ring a bell with me at all. So I googled his name and through a little bit of searching, I found myself on websites which made my left-leaning sensibilities cringe a little. Okay, I cringed a lot, but I decided to review the book anyway.

And I’m glad I gave Larry Winget a shot, because his message is a good one. The core of this message is that your kids don’t need you being their friend, but need you to teach them responsibility and to guide them. Throughout the book there are worksheets which were very helpful. My wife read this book after I did and we went through some of the sheets together. They were a good starting point for discussions about our parenting philosophies, which is also a key theme I took from the book.

My favorite section of the book was Winget’s discussion of self-esteem. I agreed with much of this discussion as I too feel many children today are told they are the wonderful and the best, while they aren’t doing and accomplishing things worthy of such accolades. Not that your child isn’t wonderful, but I think too many parents today are too eager to reward and praise their child, while finding