Wait, is it a book?

Who is this book for?

 k, well what else is it?

ow do i access all that?

IT'S UNLIKE ANY OTHER BOOK YOU'VE SEEN!

YES! At first glance it appears to be a photobook. A beautiful 200+ page photobook filled with over 150 black and white, real life pictures made in real life families over a 14 year period. The pictures highlight life's little successes by honoring the equally important failures, they examine the mirroring moments I've regularly witnessed in families around the world and range from joy to grief and everything in-between celebrating the beauty of life's imperfection. One of the main goals of UNSUPERVISED is to serve as a mirror, to allow the viewer to feel completely seen by the recognition of one's self in the reflection of strangers.

AT FIRST GLANCE

8X10 hardcover book
211 pages
165 photographs
4 envelopes with letters
practical & philosophical advice
3 nostalgic HOW TOs
guaranteed laughs & tears

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It's like an iceburg. It's pretty cool to look at but it gets more and more awesome the deeper below the surface you explore.

SHHHHHHHHHHH. . . . . . . part of the fun is figuring it out when you get the book!

EVERYONE!
ARTISTS, CREATIVES & PHOTOGRAPHERS OF COURSE,
BUT HONESTLY THIS BOOK IS FOR EVERYONE REGARDLESS OF THEIR EXPERIENCE WITH OR ENTHUSIASM FOR THE ARTS.

There are all sorts of fun, interactive, ever-changing features hidden within UNSUPERVISED and while it's all very important, I will never reveal what all is in it or where to find it. There will never be a cheat code or map provided, so you will never be sure you've discovered everything there is to be found. And even then, without a moment's notice it could all change! Some of it will be available immediately and some will be release in late fall!

GREAT GREAT GREAT GRANDPARENTS
You may not know what the hell Kickstarter is, because . . . well. . . . you are dead. I'm not sure why I am suggesting you HOWEVER, I KNOW you'd get a kick out of seeing young parents flailing. I think that might be, what do you call it? Poetic justice? I hope that you are laughing right now, we deserve all the laughing at.

PARENTS. ALL THE PARENTS. EVERY LAST PARENT.
I hate to break it to you, but you aren't alone. Not by a long shot and anyone who shows up suggesting otherwise is lying because of their own insecurities. 
I promise. 

WE ALL GET OVERWHELMED. All kids are hurricanes in human bodies.
WE ALL FEEL LIKE RUNNING AWAY. No one has any boundaries.
WE ALL GET MAD. Our last nerves were set on fire years ago.
WE ALL FEEL HURT. Sometimes the meanest people come in very small packages.
WE ALL HAVE MESSY HOMES. This was addressed in point 1.

WE ALL HIDE IN OUR PANTRY, SOBBING AND SHOVING SLEEVES OF OREOS IN OUR MOUTH HOLES. . . . . Oh. Me, maybe that one is just for me.

But you know what else?

WE ALL LOVE AND NEED LOVE. And how we do that looks different at times.
WE ALL DO OUR BEST. Maybe not every time, all the time, but overall.
WE ALL APPRECIATE AND SEEK JOY. Because we've suffered trauma and pain.
WE ALL WANT A SAFE ENVIRONMENT TO RAISE OUR CHILDREN. Period.
WE ALL WISH FOR A LIFE OF HAPPINESS. Even if at time it seems unfair.
WE ALL DESERVE TO MAKE MISTAKES and be given grace to learn from them.

KIDS. ALL THE KIDS.
And yes, there are some swear words in it. And some unintentional "naughty" drawings by 4 and 5 year olds. But the messages are important ones that I personally believe children should learn from an early age. 

YOU ARE NOT BAD BECAUSE YOU GET MAD.
YOU ARE NOT ALONE IN THE WORLD, WE ALL FEEL SAD SOMETIMES.
YOU ARE NOT THE ONLY CHILD TO DO THINGS YOU ARE TOLD NOT TO DO.
YOU ARE LOVED BECAUSE OF ALL OF YOU, NOT IN SPITE OF YOUR PARTS.

20 SOMETHING SINGLE LADIES
Yup! Even though I curse you all for singlehandedly ruining my water-related experiences indefinitely. Why? Why did you bring back the high waisted G string swim suit? We worked so hard to eradicate those things for good. For the record, I bet even Pamela Anderson walked away from those things with much regret for ever making them popular. 

Anyhow, one day YOU TOO may have children and find yourself experiencing an identity crisis. Possibly while Ubering your 5-year old from dance class to yet ANOTHER birthday party at the trampoline park for some kid you've never heard about let alone met. You'll feel like a complete shell of the hot, G-String wearing, 20 something you once were as you attempt to remove a mysterious stain on your shirt. You will resort to using your own spit and some unidentified clear liquid from a sippy cup that does NOT smell like water, but also not urine. You will need this book to prepare for the tears and disgust that will follow after your kid vomits all over the car on your way home because she ate 2 pounds of birthday cake while jumping for an hour straight, resulting in cleaning said party vomit with your bare hands for 3 hours on a Saturday night.

This book will help you tell your future mom self:
 
YOU ARE AMAZING AND SOMETIMES THIS SH&T IS SO SO HARD! BUT ALSO, IT IS WORTH EVERY SINGLE MOMENT. IT'S BECAUSE OF THE HARD TIMES THAT YOU CHERISH THE ABUNDANCE OF GOOD TIMES, SO IT'S OK TO EXPERIENCE IT ALL AND FEEL COMPLETELY WHOLE IN THAT.