Here's my more expanded review...
Do you struggle with perfection? Do you set high standards personally or have achievable hopes, dreams or expectations for your kids (self or husband)? I think every one of us lack contentment with others or even yourself, and not being content steals our joy! As believers, we are made for joy, created and formed by an amazing God for more. This book helps us think through and choose to live with excellence as the goal, instead of perfection.
As a teacher, this book is full of the concepts I recognize as best practice. It breaks down learning theory, styles and brain based concepts into easy concepts, with real life stories/examples. It teaches us what I've read and studied about reaching all kids where they are at for over 20 years. All in one book, and the authors added resources at the end to further equip us, as well as a website www.nomoreperfect.com.
As a parent, it's freeing to process how what we know about people, can help us be the best parents. And for me, it's just as needed to rethink, my own broken identity, goals, and ideals. I am so thankful to have been raised by parents who said, they hoped for 'happy, average girls.' I was taught work ethic, service, family, and ministry were priorities, but always allowed to mess up or make mistakes. I don't remember feeling the need to be anything other than me. But yet, in my own adult life, when I'm doing something crazy late the night before, that awful perfection infection raises it's ugly head. When I wake up and realize, it's me that is pushing the limit, and that ____ really isn't essential to the lesson tomorrow, the birthday party, or ____. But this book really helped me process new ways to avoid this problem personally, and to be sure I don't push my children into the same awful pattern.
I really enjoyed No More Perfect Moms, and this book I hesitated to even read. I wasn't sure that it would really enhance the cure's for the perfection infection I had already integrated into my life. But I am so glad that I chose to review it. It adds to that cure with ideas and techniques for the mom, dad, grandparent, teacher, and even just adults who love kids and hang out with them! I also am trying to decide if college students should be required to read it!! I believe in our review team, many adults found it self help theory personally as well as for their parenting. Not many books reach that big an audience.
I found that my fastest applications of the book's concepts were with my student teachers who want to be 'perfect' but lack experience. It was so easy to use the concepts shared here to remind them that excellence is achievable over time, with lots of practice, and with lots of mistakes, but perfection is not! I think this book is for parents, educators, and anyone who struggles with trying to be perfect instead of working towards excellence.
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