The Missing Pages of the Parent Handbook - Paperback

by Christina Brockett (Author)

USA Best Book Awards Finalist ; Reader Views Reviewer's Choice Award Winner

How can they license people to drive, and require degrees for most professions... and not require formal training to become a parent? Parenting is one of those few occupations where we are constantly forced to learn "on the job."

This book presents extraordinary wisdom from ordinary parents who, like you, have had to learn on the job. These stories and insights come from a diverse group of adults, representing a cross-section of American moms and dads.

From a mother of a teenage son, we learn how to correct years of enabling. From parents who have lost a son in a military accident, we learn how to go on. From a husband who discovers his wife has put their daughter's jeans in the freezer, we learn to find humor in those crazy moments of parenting. In each case, these men and women come out wiser - offering us all lessons on this difficult, funny, and taxing enterprise of child rearing.

Open this book...and you may just find a page that is missing from your parent handbook.

Author Biography

Christina Brockett is a working mother, speaker, writer and mom blogger. Her work has appeared in the Frederick News Post, Frederick Magazine's City and County Guide, the Torpedo Factory Art Center and Getsparked.org. Christina has appeared on Al Jazeera America and numerous radio shows. She lives outside of Washington, D.C. with her husband, two children and dog.