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 Momfidence!: An Oreo Never Killed Anybody and Other Secrets of Happier Parenting :: 0307337421
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Lose the Guilt, Love Your Instincts
If the latest “breakthrough” child-development theory, parenting technique, or child-appropriate diet makes you worry or groan (or just want to lie down for a nap), it’s time to make way for Momfidence! Paula Spencer, parenting expert and mother of four, provides refreshing, down-to-earth proof that most of the business of raising confident, healthy children involves nothing more complicated that trusting your instincts, using common sense, and above all, hanging on to your humor.
Momfidence! is:
•Using “perfect” only to describe such wonders as a ripe peach, a cloudless day at the beach, or a husband who does diapers and dinner. . . It has no application whatsoever in describing motherhood.
•Recognizing that there are appropriate times and places for lying, yelling, threatening, bribing, and saying “I told you so”
•Sending yourself to time-out—preferably with chocolate and/or your spouse
•Being completely amnesiac about the day’s exasperating transgressions when you peek in your children’s bedrooms at night and watch them sleep
Based on her popular Woman’s Day and Parenting columns, Momfidence! explains how obsessing less and winging it more can keep you sane—and your kids healthy and happy. It’s a hilarious look at “perfect motherhood” that cuts parents a long-overdue break by reminding us that we’re not the amateurs here—we’re all experts, too.Editorial Descriptions are usually submitted by the manufacturers, publishers and authors. Contact us if you are one of them, and wish to change the above description. |
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Author: Guest
I can't claim to be Paula Spencer's biggest fan. As you can see, a certain George Spencer has already beaten me to the punch on that count. (And I'm sure there are tons and tons of people jostling for position in line behind him.) But I can say that Paula Spencer is a very talented writer and, more importantly, she is a truly wonderful person to know. The Paula you get in her columns (and now in Momfidence) is the Paula you get in real life -- a warm, funny, non-judgmental down-to-earth person who believes that we moms need to stick together and support one another -- and to stop treating motherhood like an Olympic sport just because there's so much pressure on moms to be perfect. So if your "momfidence" could use a boost and you're tired of reading books that patronize you, promise quick-fix solutions, or that leave you feeling like the author hasn't got a clue what it's like to be living in the real world, raising kids, and trying to deal with all the stuff that goes on in the life of a typical mom, you'll love this book. Paula gets it.
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Author: Guest
My wife Paula wrote this book, so I'm biased. Take the following with however many canisters of Morton's salt you wish.
There are three reasons to buy this book.
First, buy it so that you can wallow in my wife's atrocious parenting philosophy. My wife basically believes that it's just dandy for our kids to stuff their gullets with Doritos while watching Squidward 'til the cows come home, which around here is pretty late. She pretty much draws the line at facial tattoos. (Me? I'm kept busy waxing bowling balls down at the National Alley, so I don't have much time for childrearing. I do expect the kids to fetch me beers from the refrigerator, but other than that I'm chillin'.)
Second, buy the book for my wife's gentle brand of humor. She's the Gracie Allen of the Third Millennium. If you don't know who Gracie Allen was, imagine Jack Benny as a woman. (He's the dude who plays bass in the Red Hot Chili Peppers.)
Third, buy the book, because if you don't, me and my sneakerless kids will be staring you down at Interstate Exit 386, holding up cardboard signs begging for food.
There's actually a fourth reason to buy this book. Look at the price! Only a ten spot. That's a pack of smokes and a beer. Friends, press the button.
So buy multiple copies, and buy them now, because we're low on Beanie Weanies.
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Author: Guest
I must admit that I have been an avid consumer of parenting books. Paula Spencer's book is the best I've read in years. Ditto the previous reviewer's comments about recommending this book to new moms and expectant moms.
There is a lot of information in this book that will make you feel confident as a mom and as a woman. As a woman, pay particular attention to Chapter 18: "You Can't Judge a Mom by Her Midriff - On the Jiggly Bits." Bravo to Paula for giving us moms some guidance on loving our after-baby bodies!
More winners are Chapters 10 & 11 - "Ready, Set, Stop the Mompetition! - On Enrichment" and "Do Be a Spoilsport - On Kids' Sports." For those who may feel trapped on the treadmill of organized activites for children, Paula injects some common sense and gives credit to the benefits of the alternative: downtime and old-fashioned unorganized play time.
I could go on and on. This book WILL give you confidence...that is "Momfidence."
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Author: Guest
I'm a faithful reader of Paula Spencer's Momfidence column in Woman's Day, and this is even better! I actually found myself laughing out loud as I read it! I've already ordered copies for every new mom and mom-to-be I know. It's nice to have the reassurance that you don't need to be a perfect mom to be a great mom!
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