Confessions of a Slacker Mom

Confessions of a Slacker Mom
by Muffy Mead-ferro

Confessions of a Slacker Mom
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Author: Muffy Mead-ferro
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2004-03-26
ISBN: 0738209945
Number of pages: 152
Publisher: Da Capo Lifelong
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Book Reviews of Confessions of a Slacker Mom

Book Review: Aspire to be a slacker
Summary: 5 Stars

I was so carried away with this book it took two hours out of my wiping noses, diapering, cooking, cleaning, reading, tooth-brushing, maddeningly mundane and extraordinarily joyful life of raising three young childen. Time that I didn't think I had to spare.
I loved every minute of this book not only for it's refreshingly honest and common sense approach to child rearing and it's wry and delightfully tongue-in-cheek humor(I laughed out loud enough to irritate everyone), but for Mead-Ferro's ability to expose and let go of the ridiculous "have to's" of the hyper-mom and embrace the truely tender moments of "real" common sense parenting. I heartily agreed with Mead-Ferro that letting your children learn their own lessons and actually believing that they are smart enough to "get it" does not constitute child abuse or even disregard. It is actually the best gift you can give your children--your confidence and belief in them that they can and MAY make their own decisions and that they won't be automatically saved from their good or poor decisions. Gratefully and refreshingly this is NOT another (yet another) how-to (and if you don't how-dare-you) book about being the best mother you can be. It is a book celebrating all the different kinds of mothers (we're all slackers on some level- face it)and specifically the delightful mother that Mead-Ferro is "confessing" to be. Far from being a book that shows ambivalence for being a mother, this book elevates mothers to thinking, creative,and instructive forces in their childrens' lives who are entirely capable of deciding for themselves whether to listen to classical music, buy educational toys, warm their wet wipes or NOT! And mothers who have lives of their own that ther children will see and learn from more than some contrived activity scientifically designed to boost self-esteem. This book relieved me of the pressure of future recriminations by my children (sadly undocumented in elaborate and meticulous detail in commercially and psycologically approved scrapbooks) by convincing me that the children of slacker moms will feel empowered not neglected by the lack of a few insignificant doodles and ticket stubs in a perfect scrapbook. They can make their own!
Content aside, the book has a strong and engaging voice that carries you through this quick read like you are listening to an old friend--(one who is really smart and funny).
Another part of the book I found to be particularly engaging was the memories of Mead-Ferro's childhood on a Wyoming ranch and her poigniant and loving homage to her own wonderfully unconventional mother and grandmother. I wanted to hear more!
I'd like to hear more in general from this author! It was the most refreshing two hours I've spent since the time I burned Penelope Whats-Her-Name's book in a desperate attempt to regain my self respect as a capable human being, and drank a mega-big artificially-flavoured grape shave ice I happened to be craving in one of my pregnancies (I'll have to check my scrapbooks to see which one--oh whoops!).

Summary of Confessions of a Slacker Mom

Parents who are fed up with the pressure to turn their children into star athletes, concert violinists, and merit scholars-all at once!-finally have an alternative: the world of Slacker Moms, where kids learn to do things for themselves and parents can cut themselves some slack; where it's perfectly all right to do less, have less, and spend less. Slacker moms say "No" to parenting philosophies that undermine parents'-and children's-ability to think for themselves. They say "Yes" to saving their money and time by opting out of the parenting competition. And they say "Hell, Yes!" to having a life of their own, knowing it makes them better parents.In this witty and insightful book, author Muffy Mead-Ferro reflects on her experience of growing up on a ranch in Wyoming, where parenting-by necessity-was more hands-off, people "made do" with what they had, and common sense and generational wisdom prevailed. We should all take her sane lead!

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