Reviews for Parent to Child: The Journal

The average rating for Parent to Child: The Journal based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2016-10-05 00:00:00 Brian Nunes This gets 3 stars not because it was not a great book. I liked the book a lot. However, it has instilled a sense of dread in me. So, for giving me a sense of dread, the book should really get zero stars. But there were enough ha-ha moments that it earned 5 stars for that. So, I had to go with half way in between. Hence, three stars. Dean Hughes points out at that being a mother is a very difficult job and you have to put your children's needs ahead of yours. Ok, I am selfish (and lazy). I'm not selfish with donations and stuff. If some need kids need Christmas presents, I'll buy some. I donate food that I would actually eat when I give food to the food pantry (ie, no lima beans or celery. Even if I was poor and starving, I would eat my shoes before I'd put celery in my mouth!) But man oh man when I want to read my book all evening, I don't look kindly on things that interrupt that. I also like to be able to run in and out of Walmart really quick (in only 45 minutes, cuz seriously, no trip to Walmart is actually "quick". I always seem to get stuck between oblivious aisle blocking people. One day you will probably hear on the news about a woman who went berserk in Walmart and started ramming everything with her cart and screaming, "Get the hell out of my way! I just need a can of shaving cream!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" That woman will be me.) So, anyways, having someone totally dependent on me and yet who does not obey my every command is scary to me. You might be thinking, "Emily, you have cats. They NEVER obey you." Right. That's true. But I can lock them in the bathroom overnight and it is not considered abuse. And if there really was some major problem, I could put them to sleep. Again, that is totally illegal with kids. So, anyways, lovely book, and very encouraging for those who are already mothers. However, if you are not already a mother, you will just think that the whole thing sounds like a whole lot of work. Hopefully something will click or snap when I become a mother. Cross your fingers!

Review # 2 was written on 2009-02-16 00:00:00 Eric Pellegrin Dean Hughes has a way of letting us feel that we are doing a great job as a mother even when we think we aren't or haven't. I loved this quote from his book--"Once we meet the perfect mother--who really only raises her dreadful head in Mother's Day talks--we should enshrine her, build a statue to the Unknown Mother, and then admit that she's the only example of perfection who will ever exist. We could maybe give out little statues of her at Mother's Day sacrament meetings, made out of chocolate, and then the mothers could take her home and bite her head off--and get a nice little chocolate rush at the same time>"