Parenting Book in Focus: Building Better Families: A Practical Guide to Raising Amazing Children
Have you ever wished that you had a clear cut guide on how to raise your children? I know that I have and probably many other parents have as well. We all know, however, that there is nothing such as an absolute when it comes to rearing kids. Each person is different, each situation unique. Still, it would be nice to have a good guide as to how to go about being a parent, don’t you think?
Courant.com recently featured a book by Matthew Kelly that just might give us what we are looking for. Entitled Building Better Families: A Practical Guide to Raising Amazing Children, the book aims to empower parents in raising wonderful kids. Of course, there is no such thing as a guarantee when it comes to this, but critics hail the book as one of the best there is.
I honestly haven’t read it yet but from the reviews that I have been reading, I think I need to get my hands on a copy. Courant’s feature ends with this:
The book does not include a simple 10-step plan or suggest that parents embrace a specific discipline method, diet, exercise regime or work/play ratio. Instead, Kelly is all about using — and teaching your kids to use — a single guiding principle for decisions great and small. When confronted with a choice, they and you should ask this question: “Will this help me become a better version of myself?”
Sounds good to me!
May 9th, 2008 at 3:58 pm
Thank you for sharing this parenting guide book. You are right that many parents would love to have some book that teaches them the best ways to raise a child and this one seems like a good alternative:)
May 12th, 2008 at 10:21 pm
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May 15th, 2008 at 12:25 pm
The book sounds great. I just wrote a parenting e-book that focuses on education: 10 Ways to Make Certain That Your Kids Hate School, Become Lazy & Dependent Learners, Drive Their Teachers Crazy, & End Up Living in Your Basement Until They Are 40. The title is tongue-in-cheek, but the advice is real. We are all trying to raise amazing children!
May 16th, 2008 at 7:32 am
Poli, let us know what you think of the book if you get to read it.
Angela, I’ll be taking a look at your e-book.
Thanks!
May 19th, 2008 at 10:19 am
Hi Angela,
Tried to check your web site but I keep getting an error.
June 1st, 2008 at 11:52 pm
Hi,
I managed to get a full athletic scholarship with advice from this book.
Winning a Sports Scholarship
I highly recommend reading the book and following his advice.
November 13th, 2008 at 10:11 am
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