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Summary: A huge help if you have kids!
Review: At last! Help for us simple living types with children. It is easy to question your principles when your children feel consigned to peer group hell because they don't wear the latest clothes, live in the "right" neigborhood, have a gameboy, and so on. The "soul-searching" part of the book is helpful in walking kids (and yourself!) through the reasons your family is doing this, and the suggestions in implementing a simpler lifestyle are great too. I loved her "transport pod" theory about why we don't need the biggest, fanciest vehicle around. Other chapters deal with television, peer pressure, money management for kids, education, and holidays. There is an excellent list of resources at the end of each chapter that will have me happily reading and web-surfing for months. What I most liked, though, is that I felt part of a much larger community of people who are trying to live in a way that is healthier, more environmental and saner.
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Summary: dull and unhelpful
Review: I have a hard time believing that this author has children or has ever expereienced the company of children. Many of these tips are unrealistic, not just for the parent of older, self-entertaining children, but even more so for those with smaller children. It is unhelpful and frustrating to read, and I don't recommend buying it.
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Summary: An extremely well-written and insightful guide for parents!
Review: Many of us are fed up with the continual bombardment of advertisers and the materialistic lifestyles we live. We yearn for lives that are less stressful, more meaningful, more fun, more environmentally sustainable, and better for our children. But how do we achieve these laudable goals in a culture stricken by affluenza? We can begin by reading reading Marie Sherlock's Living Simply with Children, a superb book -- one of the best books I've read all year! Packed with lots of sensible answers to living a nonconsumer life in a world of runaway consumption, it's a treasure chest of vital information. This marvelous book should be required reading for all Americans...although advertisers and corporate America would certainly throw a fit. The author's insights, experiences, research, and suggestions will inspire you to rethink and reshape your life for the betterment of the bedraggled planet we call home...lest we forget, the only habitable piece of real estate in our solar system. I've found it very useful in reshaping our family life.
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Summary: An extremely well-written and insightful guide for parents!
Review: Many of us are fed up with the continual bombardment of advertisers and the materialistic lifestyles we live. We yearn for lives that are less stressful, more meaningful, more fun, more environmentally sustainable, and better for our children. But how do we achieve these laudable goals in a culture stricken by affluenza? We can begin by reading reading Marie Sherlock's Living Simply with Children, a superb book -- one of the best books I've read all year! Packed with lots of sensible answers to living a nonconsumer life in a world of runaway consumption, it's a treasure chest of vital information. This marvelous book should be required reading for all Americans...although advertisers and corporate America would certainly throw a fit. The author's insights, experiences, research, and suggestions will inspire you to rethink and reshape your life for the betterment of the bedraggled planet we call home...lest we forget, the only habitable piece of real estate in our solar system. I've found it very useful in reshaping our family life.
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Summary: Men need to read this!
Review: Men have never been given a decent guide for parenting by any other author until now. Marie Sherlock has boiled down the morass of parenting into a tangible notion that is logical and replicable for even the most "out of touch" father! Men intrinsically know that many of the frills provided to children do not contribute to any sort of character building. Yet, we do not have the skills to automatically know how to identify another parenting path upon which to proceed. We allow our mothers and wives to direct us because we don't feel we have any basis for what comes down to "common sense." What the author makes clear is that we are generally raising selfish, narcissistic children who are catered to, transported, bribed and cajoled into some sort of non-negative behavior. An excellent example is the number of children from affluent families who see service to their country as something lower classes undertake. This small, but brave book, finally tells America how life really is and challenges us to rescue ourselves and our children from a life of mediocrity. I have purchased a number of these books to give to young fathers and mothers. If you are one of the latter or know young parents, put your hands on these books as quickly as you can! This book is the blueprint that will guide you into creating happy responsible adults, who will go out into the world and make the parents proud of the outcome.
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Summary: Men need to read this!
Review: Men have never been given a decent guide for parenting by any other author until now. Marie Sherlock has boiled down the morass of parenting into a tangible notion that is logical and replicable for even the most "out of touch" father! Men intrinsically know that many of the frills provided to children do not contribute to any sort of character building. Yet, we do not have the skills to automatically know how to identify another parenting path upon which to proceed. We allow our mothers and wives to direct us because we don't feel we have any basis for what comes down to "common sense." What the author makes clear is that we are generally raising selfish, narcissistic children who are catered to, transported, bribed and cajoled into some sort of non-negative behavior. An excellent example is the number of children from affluent families who see service to their country as something lower classes undertake. This small, but brave book, finally tells America how life really is and challenges us to rescue ourselves and our children from a life of mediocrity. I have purchased a number of these books to give to young fathers and mothers. If you are one of the latter or know young parents, put your hands on these books as quickly as you can! This book is the blueprint that will guide you into creating happy responsible adults, who will go out into the world and make the parents proud of the outcome.
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Summary: Much needed breath of fresh air
Review: Thanks, Marie. What a wonderful book and gentle reminder of the most important things in life -- too many children are over consumers by the time they've even hit double digits. Your book is a welcome voice with helpful information for those of us interested in turning the tide against all of the consumer hype and the noise.
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