UPDATED: The Parents Yap about Parenting Books: What are YOU reading?
In a world overwhelmed by parenting books offering advice on everything from sleep, to diet, to tantrums, to fashion and everything in between, what book or books have you read that have had an influence on your parenting?
Have you read anything that has rocked your world - for better or for worse? Do you even read parenting books? Do you find parenting advice in other genres? Does what you read ever change you as a parent? Melissa Schools As parents, it’s possible to draw inspiration and energy to carry on with our responsibilities from many sources. Since wine and bedtime can’t cover all the bases, and since it would be a lie to say I take refuge in daily exercise, I’ll talk about a book that has made a fundamental impact on my approach to parenthood. The book I chose to cover is technically a pre-parenting book called, Ina May’s Guide to Childbirth, by Ina May Gaskin. I discovered it before my third son was born. Just now, I was reading reviews on …
Tasha Schlake Festel
8:54 pm on Thursday, November 8, 2012
Paul, I so love your observations about how a non-parenting book can influence your parenting and your life so fundamentally. I will have to re-read that book through the eyes of a mother. Thanks for the reminder about a great work! more ›