Book Nook: I Have to Pay for This $h!t

 I recently had a chance to review I Have to Pay for This $h!t, a tongue-in-cheek book about sending kids off to college. Although I'm not a huge fan of swearing, the book would definitely be appropriate for many parents who are looking at the empty-nest stage. Written in the style of a kids' book, with rhyme and refrain, it still shows plenty of love to the kid who's leaving. Most of the scenes in the book will be familiar to anyone who's ever raised a kid, although the potential trouble they may cause in college is hopefully not a universal experience!

Based in Nashville, TN, Pruitt-Haynes has worked with leading organizations including Starbucks, Dollar General, Nissan, Vanderbilt University, the International Conference on Diversity, and more to help create strategies for innovative teams and highly effective leaders. She is a well-respected C-Suite Collaborator and TEDx speaker, with more than 25 years of experience as an executive in Human Resources, Diversity, and Leadership Development. Christy wrote the book when her daughter, Christiana, got accepted to start college in the fall semester of 2022.