Harmful Advice

Most children are not at all inclined to obey and prefer to do everything the opposite way. Probably, this is the fault of the adults themselves, who deliver boring and dull instructions and thus extinguish in the child any desire to behave “properly.” Grigory Oster offers an original medicine—something universal in the broadest sense—that should help everyone in this complicated situation.

When children hear that they are being advised to do what is usually forbidden, they will first be surprised and then think. After all, in the “Bad Advice” it’s vividly shown what will happen if you lie beautifully, smash light bulbs in stairwells, and draw on wallpaper. Moreover, there isn’t any fear-mongering even close. Grigory Oster even tries to convince them that it won’t be so bad, and creates a coherent picture of what’s going on. But human psychology is such that, for some reason, people don’t want to follow that picture…

And adults, having read “Bad Advice,” will first smile—and then probably remember that they themselves were once children. This book will help you look at children differently, stepping outside stereotypes and moralizing lessons.

Besides, listening to Grigory Oster’s funny poems will allow the whole family to have a great time.