IT’S OKAY NOT TO SHARE and Other Renegade Rules for Raising Competent and Compassionate Kids heaTher shumaKer Remember The Rules for dating and relationships? Well, here are “the rules” for parents. Hint: They aren’t what you think they are! 70
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. . . . AUGUST 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! 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 <strong>Tarcher</strong> Talks video u www.heathershumaker.com Export rights: w First Serial, UK, Translation (excluding Chinese, Indonesia, Japanese, Korean, Taiwanese, and Vietnamese), Audio: Jeremy P. <strong>Tarcher</strong> Other: Joelle Delbourgo Joelle Delbourgo Associates, inc. 516 Bloomfield Avenue, Suite 5 Montclair, NJ 07042 TarCher/<strong>Penguin</strong> © Rick Shumaker 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. 71
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