Mean moms rule : why doing the hard stuff now creates good kids later

Summary: Mean moms prepare their kids for the world, not the world for their kids, raising children into adults who know how to make themselves happy.

Record details

ISBN: 9781402264146 (trade pbk.) :
ISBN: 1402264143 (trade pbk.)
Physical Description: print
xxiii, 228 p. : ill ; 21 cm.
Publisher: Naperville, IL : Sourcebooks, c2012.

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:

Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Mean mom manifesto #1: it's not about you : it's about them -- Mean mom manifesto #2: hang on to yourself : you may need that person later -- Mean mom manifesto #3: start as you mean to go on -- Mean mom manifesto #4: don't follow the parenting pack -- Mean mom manifesto #5: take (or take back) control -- Mean mom manifesto #6: say no, smile : don't apologize, repeat as necessary -- Mean mom manifesto #7: teach life skills : if not you, who? -- Mean mom manifesto #8: slow it down : slow it way down -- Mean mom manifesto #9: fail your child, a little bit, every day -- Mean mom manifesto #10: prepare them for the world (not the world for them).