Confessions of a Slacker MomParents who are fed up with the pressure to turn their children into star athletes, concert violinists, and merit 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's perfectly all right to do less, have less, and spend less. Slacker moms say ``No'' to parenting philosophies that undermine parents'-and children's-ability to think for themselves. They say ``Yes'' to saving their money and time by opting out of the parenting competition. And they say ``Hell, Yes!'' to having a life of their own, knowing it makes them better parents. In this witty and insightful book, author Muffy Mead-Ferro reflects on her experience of growing up on a ranch in Wyoming, where parenting-by necessity-was more hands-off, people ``made do'' with what they had, and common sense and generational wisdom prevailed. We should all take her sane lead! |
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Goodbye herd | |
Toys arent us 17 | |
Just dip the whole thing in bronze 35 | |
Copyright | |
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