IT'S OKAY NOT TO SHARE AND OTHER RENEGADE RULES FOR RAISING COMPETENT AND COMPAS

Remember The Rules for dating and relationships? Well, here are “the rules” for parents. Hint: They aren't what you think they are!
In this inspiring and enlightening book, mother Heather Shumaker describes her quest to nail down “the rules” to raising smart, sensitive, and self-sufficient kids.

Parenting can be such an overwhelming job that it's easy to lose track of your parenting philosophy—let alone where you stand on some of the more controversial subjects at the playground. What if my kid likes to roughhouse—isn't this OK as long as no one gets hurt? And what if my kid just doesn't feel like sharing? Drawing on her experiences as the mother of two smallchildren, as well as on her extensive (and, yes, at times obsessive!) reading into what the “experts”—child psychologists, pediatricians, etc.—have to say, in this book Shumaker gets down to the heart of thematter on some of the most controversial aspects of parenting young children.
Sometimes raising your kid the way you want to isn't easy. The rules in this book will help parents give their children the freedom and space they need to grow into happy, healthy, and contented adults—despite what the othermoms at the playground may think! Heather Shumaker is a journalist whose writing has appeared in Parenting, Pregnancy, Organic Gardening, and other publications.