As Good As I Could Be
Subtitle: A Memoir of Raising Wonderful Children in Difficult Times
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Published: May 9, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 192
ISBN-13: 9780684863412
Subjects: Parenting; Psychology; Motherhood; Family/Marriage; Family & Relationships; Family / Parenting / Childbirth; Parenting - Motherhood; Parenting - General; Mothers; General; Advice on parenting; Family & Relationships / Parenting; Child rearing; Mother and child
First sentence: WHEN MY DAUGHTER WAS BORN eighteen years ago, my brother Fred and his wife sent her a stuffed brown bear with a white nose and tummy and a manufacturer's name tag which told us its name was "Snuffles."
Description: "Using the domestic details of her family's life, [the author] illuminates larger truths, starting with the most basic: in order to raise happy, stable, successful children, parents can't be afraid to use their authority--financial, emotional, and experiential; a family is not--and should not be--a democracy; teaching your children to celebrate their mistakes may help them to forgive you yours; and no matter how damaged or unhappy an adult's childhood was, it should not affect the way they parent their children."--Jacket.