Thankfully, Mrs. Hagelin is back with a primer that shares what she knows about being a parent. In her new book, “30 Ways in 30 Days to Save Your Family,” Mrs. Hagelin offers common-sense insight into the daily struggles, successes and skills that ought to be instinctive to most moms and dads, but which our culture has rendered unusual.
Some highlights:
- Commit to the daily battle. Mrs. Hagelin wisely notes that we parents must be fully engaged in the job of parenting each and every day.
- Envision the childhood you want for your children and the adults you want them to become. Raising good children who become responsible adults isn't luck; it's the result of intentional parenting that looks down the long road and offers an atmosphere and a value system that follow the path you envision.
- Make your home warm, inviting and fun. Mrs. Hagelin's focus on family fun and the love that marks a strong, healthy home means she gets what's crucial in family life.
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Mrs. Hagelin is one of several authors who finally are asserting their hard-earned expertise as parents. Others - such as Jen Singer, Lenore Skenazy and Betsy Hart - prove the most valuable credential to give advice may just be the letters M-O-M.
As my children would say, parenting takes “skeels. “Thankfully, some great moms are sharing theirs.