Book of the Month

Confessions of a Slacker Mom
by Muffy Mead-Ferro

"As a slacker mom, I am very fond of 'natural consequences' when it comes to punishment. If Joe decides to eat a family pack of Cheetos, I think vomiting is a fit penalty. My jumping up and getting mad, and doling out my own form of punishment, would simply be redundant. So I can just stay right here where I am with my lovely cup of tea. Aaah.
My mother certainly didn't overwork herself in that regard. Right before my fifth-grade pictures were taken, I decided to give myself a makeover, and I trimmed up the bangs and sides of my curly hair with my dad's shaving razor. When I finished creating my new look, I resembled a poodle. Do you think my mom got mad at me? No, she just sat there and looked at me for a moment, then turned bak to her book in an effort not to laugh loudly."

A comical read that brings us all back to the basics of being a good parent. Through stories of her childhood, as well as her experience in raising her own children, Mead-Ferro reminds us to rely on our sense of pracitcality and to listen to our inner voice rather than bowing to the inevitable pressures of "perfect parenting" messages.