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Am I Doing This Right?: Making Choices without Mom Guilt
An interactive gift book adventure to combat mom guilt from social worker Rebecca Fox Starr. Which path will you choose?
Motherhood is a constant barrage of choices. Bottle or breast? Alone time or playtime? And how much is too much screentime? No matter the choice we make, mothers often end up feeling guilty, as if we are never doing enough. But no more! In the style of a decision-making game, social worker Rebecca Fox Starr guides moms through the apocalyptic newborn phase, the jungle of toddlerhood, and the dead ends and booby traps of raising teens with one simple You are doing a great job. You are more than enough. Every page leads to a new choice, and every choice you make creates a personalized journey where healing tools and practical advice are your companions. Which path will you choose? The perfect gift for mothers who are doing their best every day, Am I Doing This Right? is the comforting affirmation we need to show ourselves some compassion and appreciate the choices we make each day for the families we love.
Motherhood is a constant barrage of choices. Bottle or breast? Alone time or playtime? And how much is too much screentime? No matter the choice we make, mothers often end up feeling guilty, as if we are never doing enough. But no more! In the style of a decision-making game, social worker Rebecca Fox Starr guides moms through the apocalyptic newborn phase, the jungle of toddlerhood, and the dead ends and booby traps of raising teens with one simple You are doing a great job. You are more than enough. Every page leads to a new choice, and every choice you make creates a personalized journey where healing tools and practical advice are your companions. Which path will you choose? The perfect gift for mothers who are doing their best every day, Am I Doing This Right? is the comforting affirmation we need to show ourselves some compassion and appreciate the choices we make each day for the families we love.
171 pages, Kindle Edition
Published March 25, 2025
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March 10, 2025
Reviewing infancy, childhood, and teenage years, Starr highlights a multitude of the most common qualms of parenting. However, instead of following up with explanations of parenting advice alongside personal anecdotes of Starr's own tried and true methods or tales of trial and error, the reader is presented with a nostalgic "choose-your-own-adventure" format. Starr presents the difficulties of parenting, followed up with explanations pf the outcomes from several parenting decisions, helping the reader learn to make even better choices for themselves. One of my favorite examples was towards the beginning - "They Call Me the Baby Whisperer - A Boundaries Story". This is such a vital example as setting boundaries can be difficult for anyone to master. Starr's example describes a new mother weighing the pros and cons of allowing a visitor, followed by the options to 1. allow the visitor or 2. declining their visit. Each of these "choose your own adventure" options comes complete with a description of the outcome, thus helping the reader learn to understand the benefit of learning to set boundaries early on, no matter how small the request may seem and no matter how much pushback you get. As the book continues, the reader is also offered additional tools and strategies, such as opportunities to reflect, a chance to learn how to validate and change word choice, and learn through other visuals that Starr provides throughout the book to facilitate learning and understanding. Overall, this is an an enjoyable read, especially for those who are bored by traditional parenting books and are looking for something more interactive. One downside is that this book is more general, whereas other parenting books may be more specific or based in certain ideologies.
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