Day 19 – 30 Day Book Challenge – A Book that changed your mind about a particular subject (non-fiction)

30 Day Book Challenge – Day 19

 

 Day 19 – A Book that changed your mind about a particular subject (non-fiction)

 

Barbara Colorosos’ books “Kids are worth it” and “Just because it’s not wrong doesn’t make it right”.

Becoming a parent and being a parent can be extremely overwhelming, I have four children aged 11 through to 26 ,  and I’ve found these books to be a huge help , I love her no-nonsense, common sense approach to raising children. I don’t always follow through with what she suggests but I try.

Her books focus on helping kids develop their own self-discipline by owning up to their mistakes, thinking through solutions, and correcting their misdeeds while leaving their dignity intact.  I have a highly spirited child at home (11)  and have a grown “spirited” child (21) and these books really, really helped and do help, she gives you the tools to help parent “the spirited” child effectively. Sometimes, I’d really like to see someone handle Ms. Hay effectively, keeping my dignity intact 🙂

Barbara Colorosos books are filled with practical suggestions for handling the ordinary and extraordinary tribulations of growing up.

Her book “Just because it’s not wrong doesn’t make it right” is also a fantastic “self-help” book for parents.

 

I AM Proud to be Canadian, eh!

My friend Mary sent this to me, this is particularly true where I live, in Muskoka Ontario, Canada,Here is what Jeff Foxworthy had to say about Canadians during a recent appearance at Caesars in Windsor:

If your local Dairy Queen is closed from
September through May,

You may live in Canada .

If someone in a Home Depot store
Offers you assistance and they don't work there,
You may live in Canada .

If you've worn shorts and a parka at the same time,
You may live in Canada .

If you've had a lengthy  telephone conversation
With someone who dialed a wrong number,
You may live in Canada .

If 'Vacation' means going anywhere
South of Detroit for the weekend,
You may live in Canada .

If you measure distance in hours,
You may live in Canada .

If you know several people
Who have hit a deer more than once,
You may live in Canada .

If you have switched from 'heat' to 'A/C'
In the same day and back again,

You may live in Canada .

If you can drive 90 km/hr through 2 feet of snow
During a raging blizzard without flinching,

You may live in Canada .

If you install security lights on your house and garage,
But leave both unlocked,

You may live in   Canada .

If you carry jumper cables in your car
And your wife knows how to use them,

You may live in Canada .

If you design your kid's Halloween costume
To fit over a snowsuit,

You may live in Canada .

If the speed limit on the highway is 80 km --
You're going 95 and everybody is passing you,

You may live in Canada .

If driving is better in the winter
Because the potholes are filled with snow,

You may live in Canada .

If you know all 4  seasons:

Almost winter, winter, still winter,
And road construction,
You may live in Canada .
If you have more  miles
On your snow blower than your car,

You may live in Canada .

If you  find -2 degrees 'a little chilly',
You may live in Canada