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funny
informative
medium-paced
Great info on the changing relationship a parent and early teen/tween go through. Basic info but reframed with a middle schooler in mind.
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It provided good information, but seemed overly thorough. Maybe that is what another parent needs, but it was overkill for me personally.
It provided good information, but seemed overly thorough. Maybe that is what another parent needs, but it was overkill for me personally.
emotional
funny
hopeful
informative
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
medium-paced
hopeful
informative
lighthearted
medium-paced
I was not in a NF mood, so I got a boost from the audiobook; I'm very glad I did. Some of this was validating (the parenting approach I consciously chose at the start has apparently evolved well in some areas) and some helped me recognize some friction points with my teen and preteen and offered helpful advice and encouragement for navigating these years without letting my parental emotions take center stage.
Icard makes fewer generalizations than many parenting book authors do, although there were still a few things about teens she claimed were universal but either don't apply to homeschoolers or maybe just don't apply to my teen and preteen (yet)(like that they all want to have lots of money and buy things, they all care about name brand clothes), but most rang true for my family. This is, like most parenting books I've read, geared towards middle/upper middle/upper-class families, but not ridiculously so. Most suggestions will, I think, apply to most families, at least to some degree.
Tidbit: Icard went to my alma mater, and we had the same major (although she graduated the year before I started).
Icard makes fewer generalizations than many parenting book authors do, although there were still a few things about teens she claimed were universal but either don't apply to homeschoolers or maybe just don't apply to my teen and preteen (yet)(like that they all want to have lots of money and buy things, they all care about name brand clothes), but most rang true for my family. This is, like most parenting books I've read, geared towards middle/upper middle/upper-class families, but not ridiculously so. Most suggestions will, I think, apply to most families, at least to some degree.
Tidbit: Icard went to my alma mater, and we had the same major (although she graduated the year before I started).