Fox (who else) is set to adapt How to Talk to Girls, a 46-page self-help book written by 9-year-old Colorado-an Alec Greven.

Greven wrote “Girls” as a handwritten, $3 pamphlet sold at his school book fair; he wrote it after he noticed his peers were having some trouble talking to the ladies, though the book is geared for all ages. Among this advice: Comb your hair and don’t wear sweats; control your hyperness and cut down on sugar if necessary; a crush is like a love disease that can drive you mad; it is easy to spot pretty girls because they have big earrings, fancy dresses and all the jewelry but are like cars that need a lot of oil. [Yahoo/THR]

The precocious child is easily the most annoying pop culture cliché of all time.  It exists only insofar as some kid has figured out how to manipulate gullible adults into getting a you’re so cute! pat on the head. Yeah that’s great, keep encouraging him in all his annoying habits for the few years they’re still cute, that’ll do wonders for his development.

See, when the other 9-year-olds were out eating bugs and farting on each other, they were really just lost souls in need of some sage advice about not wearing sweatpants.  Oh boy, now we can talk to girls, they’ll say! But wait, how do we trick them into touching dog poop?