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© Rick Shumaker
On the one hand, you want your child to learn how to
negotiate the world on his or her own terms—on the
other hand, it’s pretty embarrassing when your kid
doesn’t want to be nice and hand over his toys quite
yet. . . .
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? 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.
Drawing on her experiences as the mother of two small children,
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 the matter on some of the most controversial aspects of parenting
young children. The renegade rules in this book include:
u It’s OK if it’s not hurting people or property.
u Kids need conflict.
u All feelings are OK. All behavior isn’t.
u Bombs and bad guys allowed.
u Boys can wear tutus.
u Go ahead—paint off the paper!
u Sex Ed starts in preschool.
u Inconsistent parenting works!
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 other moms at the playground
may think!
h eather s huM a K er
is a journalist whose writing has
appeared in Parenting, Pregnancy, Organic
Gardening, and other publications. A
frequent speaker on parenting topics
and an advocate for free, unstructured
play in homes and schools, she lives in
northern Michigan, with her husband,
two children, and three chickens.
August
Trade Paper
ISBN 978-1-58542-936-3
$15.95/$17.00 CAN
Parenting
5 ½" x 8 ¼"
304 pages
u national publicity campaign
u radio interviews
u national print and online advertising
u Trade advertising
u extensive outreach to parenting
sites and blogs
u local author events
u Tarcher Talks video
u www.heathershumaker.com
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