Confessions

Muffy Mead-Ferro takes us along the "confessions of a slacker mom". I thought this should have been a light, pee your pants funny read (I was thinking along the lines of Jenny McCarthy's books). Unfortunately I didn't find it so funny. It is an easy read, but I found Muffy to be a bit judgemental. I'm not sure if this was just the mentality I had while reading the book or if others have felt this same way.

Mead-Ferro takes her life of growing up on a ranch and compares it to the things kids have today. Although I agree with her on somethings (children shouldn't be babied with every fall; kids shouldn't have every single little thing they want) I almost always disagreed with her reasons. She doesn't feel her kids should be encouraged in school (actually in just about anything) because she doesn't want them to do things for her. She says that she will not be at the sidelines of her kids sporting events because she doesn't want them to try hard just because she's there.

Some people might agree with these things, but I personally didn't and found her way of wording them and their reasoning a bit pushy. I also don't think the title of the book and the point go together. I was thinking slacker mom; PB&J for lunch everyday, don't get your kid dressed until you leave somewhere, don't do the laundry until hubby is pulling in the drive, etc. It should have been called something along the lines of "Making your 2 and 4 year old fend for themselves: You can achieve it!"