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No Regrets Parenting: Turning Long Days and Short Years into Cherished Moments with Your Kids
No Regrets Parenting is a book for busy parents in our busy times. Many parents find the challenges of being all things to all people daunting. How to do it all? How to stay sane while trying to do it all?No Regrets Parenting teaches parents to experience the joy and depth of the parenting experience amidst the chaos and choreography of daily routines. Car pool, bath time,...more
Paperback, 232 pages
Published
February 21st 2012
by Andrews McMeel Publishing
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Reads more like a blog than a book. Each "chapter" is only 2-3 pages long. Half the first part is spent telling you about the great and wonderful techniques you'll learn in the second part, but that doesn't help me while I'm reading part 1. Unlike other parenting books, where they say "Don't do X" and follow it with "Do Y instead", this one just says "Don't do X" and implies you might learn more in the second half of the book. Which you don't. All the suggestions were blindingly obvious (do over...more
Wanna make a parent cry? Tell him or her this factoid from "No Regrets Parenting": There are only 940 Saturdays between a child's birth and her leaving for college...if your child is five years old, 260 Saturdays are already gone. Gone! It really puts into perspective that old parenting saying that the days are long, but the years are short. Rotbart, a pediatrican, has compiled a series of short essays (explicitly geared toward short spurts of bathroom reading) with advice on how to maximize tha...more
I read the first half and just skimmed the second half since it wasn't age appropriate for my boys. Thankfully, this book didn't make me feel guilty. Always a plus. I liked the reminder that even though we can be with our kids all the time, that doesn't necessarily mean we're really getting quality time together. I really focused on "being in the moment" today and felt the difference. I was happier and more fun, thereby making Brady happier and more fun. When I played with Austin on the floor, I...more
I will admit I have been making some oddly unrewarding reading selections lately, due to an interest in trying out the ebooks available from the public and university libraries. This book is another example of one I would likely never spend time with in print, but it was a very quick read on the iPad. Lots of common sense ideas for making the most of the time you have with your kids, focusing on the small, daily moments, and not just the special events. I skipped around a lot because some (most)...more
I don't have kids nor am I expecting a child, but I received this book for free and decided to read it because I had nothing else to read. The book isn't about a specific parenting technique. It just offers tips on how to make the most of your time with your children before they grow up and leave home. The book is written in chapters, but each chapter is maybe a page or two long. So it's the type of book that you can pick up whenever and read for a bit, then put down and get back to it whenever...more
My boss, who I really admire, recommended this book to me. This is a quick read... would be a great bathroom read for those that do that (but I read it on my Kindle). The chapters are really short, and you can jump around to whatever section you like. A lot of this seems like common sense, but it's a great reminder to all parents that the years really will fly by and to take advantage of every opportunity you have with your kids. You don't have to do elaborate or expensive things, just meaningfu...more
This is not THE definitive parenting book, but that was exactly what I liked about it. Normally I want some research data to back up the claims made in parenting books, but the author is a pediatrician who is simply offering some suggestions for ways to make the most of the limited time we have with our children. His ideas could be incorporated into anyone's family life, regardless of their personal parenting philosophy. Parenting books tend to come with a healthy dose of guilt, but this one act...more
While reading this book, I kept thinking of the type of parent who would also read it. Every time I asked myself this question, the answer was parents who are already parenting the way he suggests. Very few readers will get an "aha" moment while reading this book. The book focuses on common sense ways to spend time with your children in a richer way. Although there were no major take-aways for me as a parent, I did like many of the suggested activities, particularly that focused on teenagers and...more
This book is primarily written for working parents. Although I'm a stay-at-home mom, I still got a lot of good ideas. He emphasizes the importance of really being with your kids mentally as well as physically so when they leave for college, you won't have regrets.
The first part of the book is principles and the second half is ideas of how to apply those principles.
A principle from the first half was knowing how to hit your kids' brain buttons. Most of the time you're trying to tell your kids so...more
The first part of the book is principles and the second half is ideas of how to apply those principles.
A principle from the first half was knowing how to hit your kids' brain buttons. Most of the time you're trying to tell your kids so...more
The only part of this book I found remotely interesting was the fact that it said "There are only 940 Saturdays between a child's birth and her leaving for college...if your child is five years old, 260 Saturdays are already gone." And that is only likely because my daughter is about to be 5.
The remainder of the book was spent telling you it would give you great ideas in the scond half of the book, which I felt was lacking. Basically a reminder to unplug and prioritize while you still can.
The remainder of the book was spent telling you it would give you great ideas in the scond half of the book, which I felt was lacking. Basically a reminder to unplug and prioritize while you still can.
I read part 1 of the book very ready for the great suggestions he kept promising in part 2. Most of the suggestions were so common sense. And the others were only practical to maybe the author. Take one child at a time on business trips. I don't know people who can actually do this. Right, have my kid help me change out the hot water heater. I got very frustrated and didn't read the very end. The cliches were also annoying - Pardon our dust. Ug
I had read a few of his ideas in a Parents magazine a few months ago and wanted to read the whole book. Overall, he has some interesting ideas in how to make the littlest moments in time matter with your children. I liked this approach that how if you work, etc., and can't have oodles of time with your kids, you can still impact them in little snippets of time. Some of the ideas were obviously geared for when my kids are older, but I especially liked the ideas of pajama walks and taco nights, es...more
I didn't find a lot of useful tips in here on how to spend more time with my children, but I thought there were a few nuggets of wisdom that made it worth the read. To give the author credit, there's really only so much we can do with our lives to free up time with the kiddos. Once you've heard them, you've heard them. Lastly, I think it's a good read just to keep reminding us of what's important. All to often what we say is a priority and what we DO as a priority are vastly different.
I really liked the idea of this book. Part 1 has a lot of great insights into making time meaningful with your family, and cherishing the precious moments of childhood. I was expecting more specific and new ideas from Part 2 of how to do so and was a little disappointed. That said, it was good to be reminded of ideas I already knew about--and now have a desire to implement.
The premise of the book is good...pay attention to your children and make time with them meaningful and special. But I didn't find any fantastic ideas or much in the way of specific things to do. He definitely mentions specifics in the second half of the book but I felt like most of the book was just filler and fluff for a few decent ideas.
Not a lot of meat to this. Main idea is to find ways to make ANY time you spend with kiddos enjoyable. Doesn't need to be fancy or cost money. Can be during commericials even. I did consciously decide to do this while shoveling snow -- I wanted to go inside, but instead had a snowball fight with son & neighbor boy.
This book is very realistic about the limited time you really have with your children.
Especially if you're a working parent.
The ideas are easy, unlike most parenting books that have elaborate plans. I see it as a book
I'll refer back to as my son grows since it covers all phases of their life.
Especially if you're a working parent.
The ideas are easy, unlike most parenting books that have elaborate plans. I see it as a book
I'll refer back to as my son grows since it covers all phases of their life.
A solid reminder of what's important with regards to having an enjoyable family life and harmonious relationships among family members. Especially while keeping in mind that our time with the kids is indeed limited and needs to be savored.
Jul 26, 2012
Andrea
is currently reading it
I am really loving this book. I can't recommend it enough. The author is a pediatrician and a father and he really gets what raising children is all about.
I didn't agree with everything, but there were a lot of good suggestions about how to make the most of being a parent and having time with your kids.
As seen in the
New York Times
.
Lots of easy things to do to enrich your relationships with your kids. My family already does lots of them, but it was affirming, if nothing else.
A quick read with tips for working parents to keep things in better balance with kids. I found it useful in how to focus on kids in the daily busy grind without too many theories or judgments on how to be a perfect parent or raise a perfect kid.
Great reminders of all the ways we can be there for a child.
Lots of great ideas to spend quality time with your kids!
Enjoyed reading -- gives some good ideas for parents.
This book provides a nice opportunity for parents to re-examine their relationships with their children--short- and long-term. It has a lot of cheesy elements to it, but on the plus side its perspective is far-ranging and the chapters are bite-sized (2-3 pages).
Re-affirms that we did some things right.
Jul 27, 2012
Pam
marked it as to-read
Only read to page 48 because it was recalled by the library. Will check it out again sometime.
I liked this so much better than Rebecca Cohen's FIFTEEN MINUTES OUTSIDE: 365 WAYS TO GET OUT OF THE HOUSE AND CONNECT WITH YOUR KIDS. It's a light, fast read, but it's a nice reminder that there are only so many weekends before your child is grown and out of the house. We're already doing a lot of these things, but I liked the author's sincerity. Three and a half stars.
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