Parenting can be such an overwhelming job that its easy to lose track of where you stand on some of the more controversial subjects at the playground (What if my kid likes to rough houseisnt this ok as long as no one gets hurt? And what if my kid just doesnt feel like sharing?). In this inspiring and enlightening book, Heather Shumaker describes her quest to nail down the rules to raising smart, sensitive, and self-sufficient kids. Drawing on her own experiences as the mother of two small children, as well as on the work of child psychologists, pediatricians, educators and so on, in this book Shumaker gets to the heart of the matter on a host of important questions. Hint: many of the rules arent what you think they are!
The rules in this book focus on the toddler and preschool yearsan important time for laying the foundation for competent and compassionate older kids and then adults. Here are a few of the rules:
Its OK if its not hurting people or property
Bombs, guns and bad guys allowed.
Boys can wear tutus.
Pictures dont have to be pretty.
Paint off the paper!
Sex ed starts in preschool
Kids dont have to say Sorry.
Love your kids lies.
ITS OK NOT TO SHARE is an essential resource for any parent hoping to avoid PLAYDATEGATE (i.e. your childs behavior in a social interaction with another child clearly doesnt meet with another parents approval)!
