Books : 12 Simple Secrets Real Moms Know: Getting Back to Basics and Raising Happy Kids
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by: Michele, Ed.D. Borba
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 306.8743
EAN: 9780787980962
ISBN: 078798096X
Label: Jossey-Bass
Manufacturer: Jossey-Bass
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 304
Publication Date: March 31, 2006
Publisher: Jossey-Bass
Sales Rank: 61861
Studio: Jossey-Bass
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Product Description:
Best-selling parenting guru Michele Borba, the mother of three, has surveyed 5,000 mothers for their experience and wisdom in raising happier, more confident kids by returning to a more natural, authentic kind of mothering. She shares 12 top secrets of successful moms culled from her research and shows how to apply them to your family.
You’ll learn how to… - Apply the 12 essential principles that child experts and 5,000 parents say matter most in good mothering
- Raise children with confidence, resilience, and character
- Create a customized mothering plan and use it so it leads to success with your child
- Cut the guilt and reduce the stress by sticking to what really counts in parenting good kids today
- Discover simple ways to make big differences in your family’s life
Customer Reviews
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Rating:  - Good resource
I would suggest this as a great resource with real life stories that apply to each section. Very helpful.
Rating: - 12 simple secrets review
REALLY loved this book. Sometimes as a mom you lose sight of the important things, running around with sports, trying to be "mom of the year." Really nice way of making me grounded again, without condescending tones.
Rating: - Finally!
Finally, a real book for real moms offering real practical guidance for raising real children! I should know. I'm a mom of nine (yes, 9) children, aged 5 to 17. I've bought, read, skimmed, and peeked in almost every mothering/parenting book there is out there, and never found one that really offered sound direction or reassurance until now. It's put everything I've learned about being a mom (so far) into a wonderful, clear, and uplifting format (easy to pick up where you left off and read when ... Read More
Rating: - Excellent
This book is about getting back to the basic principles of mothering. Borba uses real-life scenarios to help you understand how to employ the 12 "secrets." Also included in each and every chapter are sidebars with ideas and tips from mothers, a comprehensive list of books for more information on that topic, and a small area for you to jot down your thoughts. Borba says she wants this to be the last parenting book you read for a little while, and this is certainly the case for me. Barring any special ... Read More
Rating: - Brings joy, sanity, and success !
A most powerful and user friendly book that makes moms think, "Stop the motherhood frenzy and get a real life!" Understand how to connect with your children in a more simplified way that will balance your life and bring more joy, sanity, and success into both being a mom and creating a stronger family. Dr. Borba's back to basics approach, using extraordinary examples of moms whose journeys through motherhood took them to places they never knew existed within
themselves, helps mothers identify ... Read More
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