Mean moms rule why doing the hard stuff now creates good kids later

Main Author: Schipani, Denise.
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: Naperville, IL : Sourcebooks, c2012.
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Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • Mean mom manifesto #1: it's not about you : it's about them
  • Mean mom manifesto #2: hang on to yourself : you may need that person later
  • Mean mom manifesto #3: start as you mean to go on
  • Mean mom manifesto #4: don't follow the parenting pack
  • Mean mom manifesto #5: take (or take back) control
  • Mean mom manifesto #6: say no, smile : don't apologize, repeat as necessary
  • Mean mom manifesto #7: teach life skills : if not you, who?
  • Mean mom manifesto #8: slow it down : slow it way down
  • Mean mom manifesto #9: fail your child, a little bit, every day
  • Mean mom manifesto #10: prepare them for the world (not the world for them).