Hi, I'm Zivie Owens, and you're listening to the award-winning podcast.

Moms don't have time to read books. Thanks so much for listening to my podcast. If you like what you hear,

please follow me on Instagram at Zibby Owens and also at Moms Don't Have Time to Read Books. Thanks so much for listening. Enjoy it. Today's sponsor is Allie Upe. We all know how important moms are for our kids. But did you know that one of the biggest influences on a girl's confidence and self-esteem is her dad? So if her dad says she's smart or fearless at sports or she can do anything she puts her mind to,

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Carrie Kinney Cartwright is the author of Just Don't Be an Asshole, a surprisingly necessary guide to being a good guy, which is a frank and very funny guidebook designed to help teach younger men how to have positive interactions, make good decisions, and recognize when they're being jerk faces. That's her words, not mine.

Kara lives near Washington, D.C., and works in legal publishing.

She married a total good guy, and through relentless lecturing, teasing, cash bribing, and tricking, they have raised two sons who are not assholes for the most part.

If you happen to know her in person, her book is not about you for the most part.

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I don't believe it's you, Zippy. I can't believe it to see you on my screen only and not the whole world's screen is such a treat. Thank you for talking with me.

Oh my gosh. I'm obsessed with your book. I ordered three copies of it. And one of my questions to you is, okay, so your book is Just Don't Be an

asshole, a surprisingly necessary guide to being a good guy. So of course I got copies for both my

sons. But I kind of have someone else in mind I want to give it to, but how do you give this as a

gift to someone who could use it without being completely offensive? Oh, it's so hard, right? Because as parents, we're allowed to call

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