Moms and Their Young Spirited Boys

Rating:
Summary: Too sentimental and religious
Review: Do you feel alone in raising your rambunctious son? Does your son give you "love taps" just a little too hard? Does he like to "reach out and poke" his siblings? Well, you are definitely not alone! "Moms and Their Young Spirited Boys" gives us a humorous but practical look at boys while they are growing. Several stories are included to show typical behavior and coping techniques mothers have used. Truly inspirational but useful at the same time!

Rating:
Summary: Highly Inspirational but Practical Too!
Review: Do you feel alone in raising your rambunctious son? Does your son give you "love taps" just a little too hard? Does he like to "reach out and poke" his siblings? Well, you are definitely not alone! "Moms and Their Young Spirited Boys" gives us a humorous but practical look at boys while they are growing. Several stories are included to show typical behavior and coping techniques mothers have used. Truly inspirational but useful at the same time!

Rating:
Summary: Too sentimental and religious
Review: I found the book to be too religious for my tastes. I don't think "God" is telling me to accept the fact that most of my objects of value are going to be destroyed by these rambunctious (oh, aren't they just wonderfully spirited) boys of mine. Yes, a lot of what is in the book is what I fully expect is going to happen because I gave birth to creatures with XY chromosomes. However, unlike in the book, I don't feel I have to accept and be all sentimental about their high activity levels, inability to sit still, short attention spans, fascination with guns, rough play, and all the other things that seem to go along with the presence of testosterone. There are more choices in role models for today's boys than I read about in this book. And I shall continue to disapprove of the stereotypical and negative male behaviors I see them display, not embrace those behaviors as evidence that I have "spirited young boys."

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Summary: We've Got Spirit!
Review: What a pleasant read! This book went with me to the bathtub...a quiet soak amidst the chaos beyond the door. I have three spirited children, the first two who are girls and my baby boy. I have always been leery of what I as a mom could offer my son and Erica has done a superb job of giving me insight into just that! I have worked very hard at giving my daughters "dad time" but had no idea as a mom what to do with a BOY!

Erica Blakeney not only opened my eyes to the fact that the "spirit" in the child (boy or girl) is not something to harness but to explore and nurture...but she also eased my fears of the closeness I have with my son.

I delighted in the exerpts from other moms. "We aren't alone" I screamed to my husband! That, in and of itself, is reason to read Erica's book! There are definately days when the spirit of the child takes the spirit out of this mom who is struggling to keep emotions in check and find a way to reach the WWF champion of the world or the child-doggie on all fours who is drinking out of the real dog's water dish!

Thanks Erica...for sharing your wisdom and for helping me be the best mom I can be--to my soon-to-be spirited son as well as to my already spirited daughters.

Rating:
Summary: We've Got Spirit!
Review: What a pleasant read! This book went with me to the bathtub...a quiet soak amidst the chaos beyond the door. I have three spirited children, the first two who are girls and my baby boy. I have always been leery of what I as a mom could offer my son and Erica has done a superb job of giving me insight into just that! I have worked very hard at giving my daughters "dad time" but had no idea as a mom what to do with a BOY!

Erica Blakeney not only opened my eyes to the fact that the "spirit" in the child (boy or girl) is not something to harness but to explore and nurture...but she also eased my fears of the closeness I have with my son.

I delighted in the exerpts from other moms. "We aren't alone" I screamed to my husband! That, in and of itself, is reason to read Erica's book! There are definately days when the spirit of the child takes the spirit out of this mom who is struggling to keep emotions in check and find a way to reach the WWF champion of the world or the child-doggie on all fours who is drinking out of the real dog's water dish!

Thanks Erica...for sharing your wisdom and for helping me be the best mom I can be--to my soon-to-be spirited son as well as to my already spirited daughters.