Five-Star Families: Moving Yours from Good to Great

by Carol Kuykendall

Before children entered your life, did you dream about the kind of family you wanted? And have those lofty dreams come crashing down somewhere managing chaotic schedules and refereeing sibling squabbles? As a mom, you have lots of dreams for your family - and the influence to make them come true. But it's hard to balance the widening gap between dreams and reality, so FiveStar Families will help you focus on the five qualities that matter love, fun. loyalty, growth, and faith. with real-life examples, Scripture references, and practical yet fun advice. Carol Kuykendall will show you how to express and experience each of these qualities to the fullest. Her powerful insight and thought-provoking questions will inspire you to become a family who wants to be together, grow together, and stay together - a family who will shine from one generation to another.

Genres: Parenting, Christian, Family

214 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published September 1, 2005

Reviews

[Ruthann Wheeler · Rating 2 out of 5]

I must admit I didn't make it very far in this book. This has some good insight for a brand new family starting out, but not much for an establish family. Also I felt like it was dragging a lot. I found myself dreading picking it up. I would recommend this book only for someone just starting a family.

[Lori · Rating 1 out of 5]

Back when I was still in a MOPS group, the moms who read this book kept saying we all needed to read it. I should have considered the source. My particular chapter of MOPS happened to be a particularly friendly group of women who always looked at me funny when I would bring up what the Bible says about the topic at hand.

It should have come as no surprise, then, that this particular book had some nice fluffy religious talk without a whole lot of meat. Designed, perhaps, to make us all feel good about mothering, but lacking in practical application or any real consideration of Biblical teaching.

No thanks.

[Maggie Bryant · Rating 3 out of 5]

It started out slow, but it's pace picked up along the way. I was able to pull some good helpful information out of it and I'm looking forward to ordering some of the books she recommeneded to help teach my kids about prayer. I already implemented praying over my son before bed and it has been such a wonderful blessing and bond between us. She had great ideas on how to bring more fun into our household and I appreciated her stories of a "full circle" family.

[Audrey · Rating 4 out of 5]

Liked this more than I expected. Nothing revolutionary and kind of fluffy/cliche at times... but some fun new ideas for family time and good questions about creating family. Liked the image of peaches... "buy a whole bushel at peach time b/c when peach season is over you don't want to regret not getting more." Likened to each stage of kiddos to soak up the time that's unique about each stage w/o regrets.

[Shannon Upton · Rating 4 out of 5]

I'd recommend actually purchasing this book and keeping it as a reference. I don't agree with everything she says—but it's close! She has wonderful ideas for families, and I think it would read differently for moms of different stages. I'm planning to revisit this book when my kids are older.

[Monica]

This was the book for last years MOPS group I was in, and I look forward to actually reading the book b/c I enjoyed the discussion so much.

[Jodi · Rating 3 out of 5]

Quick read. Fluffy, feel good reading. No real insight on how to be a better mom, but encouragement on being a mom with what I am already doing.

[Martha · Rating 3 out of 5]

Reading it for MOPS.

[Mandy J. Hoffman · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book was a fun way to learn about love, fun, loyalty, growth, and faith in the family setting...especially with preschoolers around.

[Verawaty]

Mengubah keluarga anda dari Baik jadi Luar Biasa....Keluarga adalah pengalaman pertamakita akan kasih yang menghubungkan kita dengan seluruh dunia.

[Lisadunbar22 · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book was ok. It would have been better if I had read it 12 years ago.This book is geared towards couples who have not yet started their families.

[Amy · Rating 3 out of 5]

wish i had read this when i received it, back when my kids were quite small, N. was not even around yet. it's so important to begin your family with a solid foundation of love and faith!

[Corrie · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not my favorite, but has some good questions/tools to use.