Simplicity Parenting: Using the Extraordinary Power of Less to Raise Calmer, Happier, and More Secure Kids invites readers to consider the ways in which our fast-paced and consumer lifestyles impact our children and offers solutions for calming, decluttering, and building relationships … Continue reading
Thanks to all who entered last week’s Mean Mom’s Rule Giveaway. The winner (I always choose giveaway winners using random.org, just so you know) is Sheila. I thought her comment was interesting: I’ve been making my son sort-of do chores … Continue reading
In her book Mean Moms Rule: Why Doing the Hard Stuff Now Creates Good Kids Later Denise Schipani writes about how parenting has changed between her mother’s generation and her own and how she attempts to do hard things as a parent … Continue reading
If you’re like me, you may be a little skeptical about one more parenting book claiming the superiority of one nationality over another. But, if you’re like me, you will be pleasantly surprised by Pamela Druckerman’s book Bringing Up Bebe. … Continue reading
In my post reviewing It’s a Big World, Little Pig I asked for suggestions about how to balance teaching your children to practice and work hard at a new task with allowing them to try new things. I find … Continue reading
In their surprising book NurtureShock: New Thinking About Children, Po Bronson and Ashley Marryman examine the latest studies and findings about child development, and summarize in a highly readable fashion how many of our assumptions about how children grow and learn … Continue reading
Imagine that Bridget Jones grew up and instead of being concerned with weight loss and men, she was concerned with trying to be a hedge fund manager and supermom to two kids. That pretty much encapsulates I Don’t Know How … Continue reading
You know I love organizing and time management books, but here is why I loved this one: “Not only is balance nigh on impossible to achieve, even if you did manage to achieve a perfect state of equilibrium it wouldn’t … Continue reading
Although I disagreed on certain points and emphases of Carla Barnhill’s book The Myth of the Perfect Mother: Rethinking the Spirituality of Women, overall I think she made some strong points that are often overlooked by Christian women. I thought … Continue reading
The title of Leigh Bortins’s book, Echo in Celebration, is taken from the English meaning of catechesis, the word from which we get “catechism.” A catechism is a body of knowledge memorized and recited – most often a set of … Continue reading
Hi, I'm Catherine Gillespie and A Spirited Mind is where I post about reading, writing, and parenting and the lessons I'm learning as a result. Thanks for stopping by!
