About this title: A refreshing, honest, funny and empowered view of parenting Parents who are fed up with the pressure to turn their children into star athletes, concert violinists and top scholars - all at once - finally have an alternative: the world of Slacker moms, where kids learn to do things for themselves and parents can cut themselves some slack. Where it ...
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Edition: Reprint
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Da Capo Life Long Books, Cambridge, MA, U.S.A.
Date Published: 2004
ISBN-13:9780738209944ISBN:0738209945
Description: Good. Spine creasing, light cover & edge wear, marker line on outside edge of pages, no writing or store stamps inside, light page yellowing. read more
Description: Fine. 0738210463 Very light shelf wear / edge wear cover / pages like new condition//"Buy with Confidence-Satisfaction Guaranteed! Customer Service Makes All the Difference. " read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Da Capo Press
Date Published: 2004
ISBN-13:9780738209944ISBN:0738209945
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Near Fine. as new, as unread, unmarked, minor tip bump, minor shelf wear. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 137 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. DJ style soft cover, very nice! read more
"I liked a lot of her ideas, but although I think she tried not to, I felt a little condemned for being a stay at home mom. I think she missed the big picture of what a mom is, but I would agree that a lot of the things moms may do miss the big picture too. I did appreciate her views (and especially found it funny) when she writes about being asked to write a letter of recommendation for her friends 3 year old for preschool."
"By the time I got to the end of this book, I felt a little misled, because it really did seem for most of the book that Mead-Ferro is a stay-at-home mom, with the kids day in and day out. Then you read about her staff of nannies to care for the children while she works. Other than that, I did enjoy this book. Guess I am a slacker mom too, because I just don't get a lot of the gimmicks and fads that seem to be involved in raising children. It's more about merchandising than it is about growing kids! An enjoyable book that encourages parents to listen to their instincts, not to the magazines, websites, and merchandisers. B. June 9."
"My personal connection to this book is that I attended elementary school with the author for a year, probably in the same grade and possibly the same class, but don't remember her. What's even funnier is that two other girls I attended school in the small (at the time) community of Jackson Hole, Wyoming, now live in the same community I do about six hours away. I remember one, but not the other. Small world. But the book does remind me of the people that used to live in Jackson, tough no nonsense types with values tied closely to the land."
"Probably should rate this 3.5 stars. The first 3/4s of the book really resonated with me...she lost me a little in a couple later chapters.
I really liked her "has anyone seen my instinct" and "there goes Harvard" chapters. I also like to parent with common sense instead of focusing all my available energy and resources on creating the super genius child. I'd rather raise a well rounded child who has social skills so they are likable; as well as smart, talented, funny or whatever their "thing" turns out to be. I don't feel the need to have my children be the "very best" at every single thing life has to offer (ie the endless parade of extra-curricular activities). I just want them to enjoy doing what they choose to do. Blaspheme...I know!"
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