Tuesday, January 15, 2013

Book Review: Cleaning House: A Mom's Twelve-Month Experiment to Rid Her Home of Youth Entitlement




To boldly go where few parenting authors gone before...This to me summarizes the book Cleaning House by Kay Wills Wyma!

The book is simply and attractively decorated and gives the book a "homey" look. Reading the book is a joy and keeps the attention.

This book is for any parent who feels the need to do everything for their children, yet knows that teaching their children individual responsibility is best. I am a person who by habit feels that nothing gets done right if I don't do it, but at the same time I become overloaded with things I cannot get done. This book has been a blessing because it has shown me that I cannot do it all and my children need to learn on their own in order to be successfully organized in the future.

The content deals with getting children to take responsibility for their belongings and offers handy tips along with a way to apply each tip. I found the book to be refreshing and do-able. I implemented the dollar jar (Task 1, Operation Clutter Control).

The only "do differently" I would recommend would be to try to find a way to implement these tactics in less time.

Overall, I was blessed reading this book.  it's the first author I've seen write on this topic I appreciate all the honesty in the book; the successes and failures and although she isn't done ridding her children of the "do it for me" syndrome, she's made real progress as a mom and as an individual.

WaterBrook Multnomah Publishing Group provided this book to me for free in exchange for this honest review as part of their Blogging for Books program.

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