They say you can tell a lot about a person by what they read.
So what do these books tell you about me?
Well, I have a good marriage that like most marriages has ups and downs. I enjoy the ups much more than the downs and that's where the Gottman book comes in.
I have ADD and I am a mom. Pretty self explanatory.
I like Obama. No surprise there. He's by no means a perfect president, but he has given me hope for our future after an ugly eight years with the bad man. And that's a good thing. I'm a glass is half full kind of girl and I do much better with hope than with fear.
I have two spirited children. This is my second reading of this book and I have realized that my kids are both spirited, but at different ends of the spectrum. Hmm. Perhaps I need to have that third child so he or she can land somewhere in the middle.
I believe that kids are under too much pressure these days. Parents want more academics at an earlier age, more lecture time, and more structure in the classrooms. It all makes me a little nauseous knowing that I never learned much in those types of environments. And I think something needs to be done about it.
And lastly, I love Lenore Skenazy and one day I wish to be as brave as she is. Again, the fear thing does not sit well with me. I would much rather see the world as an inviting place full of decent people who have good intentions and a very few bad seeds.
I am not oblivious. I know bad things happen because my husband sees it every day. Occasionally we sit down with the kids and teach them about how to protect themselves against real dangers and then they can go about enjoying their lives as they should. There is not a predator on every corner no matter how much Nancy Grace says it and I refuse to raise my children to believe otherwise.
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