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Chicken Soup for the Soul: Moms & Sons: Stories by Mothers and Sons, in Appreciation of Each Other
This book contains 101 favorite stories and poems from Chicken Soup for the Soul’s library honoring the lifelong relationship between mothers and sons.
Heartfelt and loving stories written by mothers, grandmothers, and sons, about each other, span generations and show how the mother-son bond transcends time. Mothers and sons will enjoy these heartwarming, sometimes humorous, sometimes poignant stories from the best of Chicken Soup’s library. Read
Heartfelt and loving stories written by mothers, grandmothers, and sons, about each other, span generations and show how the mother-son bond transcends time. Mothers and sons will enjoy these heartwarming, sometimes humorous, sometimes poignant stories from the best of Chicken Soup’s library. Read
- GenresParentingNonfiction
380 pages, Paperback
First published September 30, 2008
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About the author
Jack Canfield
1,286 books1,747 followersJack Canfield is an American motivational speaker and author. He is best known as the co-creator of the "Chicken Soup for the Soul" book series, which currently has over 124 titles and 100 million copies in print in over 47 languages. According to USA Today, Canfield and his writing partner, Mark Victor Hansen, were the top-selling authors in the United States in 1997.
Canfield received a BA in Chinese History from Harvard University and a Masters from University of Massachusetts. He has worked as a teacher, a workshop facilitator, and a psychotherapist.
Canfield is the founder of "Self Esteem Seminars" in Santa Barbara, and "The Foundation for Self Esteem" in Culver City, California. The stated mission of Self Esteem Seminars is to train entrepreneurs, educators, corporate leaders and employees to achieve their personal and professional goals. The focus of The Foundation for Self Esteem is to train social workers, welfare recipients and human resource professionals.
In 1990,he shared with author Mark Victor Hansen his idea for the Chicken Soup for the Soul series. After three years, the two had compiled sixty-eight stories.
Canfield has appeared on numerous television shows, including Good Morning America, 20/20, Eye to Eye, CNN's Talk Back Live, PBS, The Oprah Winfrey Show, The Montel Williams Show, Larry King Live and the BBC.
Canfield's most recent book, The Success Principles (2005), shares 64 principles that he claims can make people more successful. In 2006, he appeared in the DVD, "The Secret," and shared his insights on the Law of Attraction and tips for achieving success in personal and professional life.
Jack Canfield was born on August 19, 1944, in Fort Worth, TX. He is the son of Elmer and Ellen (a homemaker; maiden name, Taylor). He attended high school at Linsly Military Institute, Wheeling, WV, 1962. He went to college at Harvard University, B.A., 1966; University of Massachusetts at Amherst, M.Ed., 1973. Canfield married Judith Ohlbaum in 1971 (divorced, November 1976); he married Georgia Lee Noble on September 9, 1978 (divorced, December 1999); he married Inga Marie Mahoney on July 4, 2001; children: (first marriage) Oran, David, Kyle, Dania; (second marriage) Christopher Noble. He is a Democrat and a Christian, and his hobbies include tennis, travel, skiing, running, billiards, reading, and guitar.
Canfield received a BA in Chinese History from Harvard University and a Masters from University of Massachusetts. He has worked as a teacher, a workshop facilitator, and a psychotherapist.
Canfield is the founder of "Self Esteem Seminars" in Santa Barbara, and "The Foundation for Self Esteem" in Culver City, California. The stated mission of Self Esteem Seminars is to train entrepreneurs, educators, corporate leaders and employees to achieve their personal and professional goals. The focus of The Foundation for Self Esteem is to train social workers, welfare recipients and human resource professionals.
In 1990,he shared with author Mark Victor Hansen his idea for the Chicken Soup for the Soul series. After three years, the two had compiled sixty-eight stories.
Canfield has appeared on numerous television shows, including Good Morning America, 20/20, Eye to Eye, CNN's Talk Back Live, PBS, The Oprah Winfrey Show, The Montel Williams Show, Larry King Live and the BBC.
Canfield's most recent book, The Success Principles (2005), shares 64 principles that he claims can make people more successful. In 2006, he appeared in the DVD, "The Secret," and shared his insights on the Law of Attraction and tips for achieving success in personal and professional life.
Jack Canfield was born on August 19, 1944, in Fort Worth, TX. He is the son of Elmer and Ellen (a homemaker; maiden name, Taylor). He attended high school at Linsly Military Institute, Wheeling, WV, 1962. He went to college at Harvard University, B.A., 1966; University of Massachusetts at Amherst, M.Ed., 1973. Canfield married Judith Ohlbaum in 1971 (divorced, November 1976); he married Georgia Lee Noble on September 9, 1978 (divorced, December 1999); he married Inga Marie Mahoney on July 4, 2001; children: (first marriage) Oran, David, Kyle, Dania; (second marriage) Christopher Noble. He is a Democrat and a Christian, and his hobbies include tennis, travel, skiing, running, billiards, reading, and guitar.
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January 5, 2012
I love my two sons and found in these stories reminders of their babyhood and youth.
Favorite quotes: "Laughter is an instant vacation." -Milton Berle
"My mother had a slender, small body, but a large heart--a heart so large that everybody's joys found welcome in it, and hospitable accomodation." -Mark Twain
"You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late."- Ralph Waldo Emerson
"There are things that we don't want to happen but have to accept, things we don't want to know but have to learn, and people we can't live without but have to let go."-Author Unknown
"Every child begins the world again..." -Henry David Thoreau
"I've never known any trouble that an hour's reading didn't assuage." -Charles de Secondat
"When you are a mother, you are never really alone in your thoughts. A mother always has to think twice, once for herself and once for her child." -Sophia Loren
"There is a garden in every childhood, an enchanted place where colors are brighter, the air softer, and the morning more fragrant than ever again." -Elizabeth Lawrence
"Each day comes bearing its own gifts. Untie the ribbons." -Ruth Ann Schabacker
Favorite quotes: "Laughter is an instant vacation." -Milton Berle
"My mother had a slender, small body, but a large heart--a heart so large that everybody's joys found welcome in it, and hospitable accomodation." -Mark Twain
"You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late."- Ralph Waldo Emerson
"There are things that we don't want to happen but have to accept, things we don't want to know but have to learn, and people we can't live without but have to let go."-Author Unknown
"Every child begins the world again..." -Henry David Thoreau
"I've never known any trouble that an hour's reading didn't assuage." -Charles de Secondat
"When you are a mother, you are never really alone in your thoughts. A mother always has to think twice, once for herself and once for her child." -Sophia Loren
"There is a garden in every childhood, an enchanted place where colors are brighter, the air softer, and the morning more fragrant than ever again." -Elizabeth Lawrence
"Each day comes bearing its own gifts. Untie the ribbons." -Ruth Ann Schabacker
November 25, 2012
This collection of personal experiences is worth reading. It is very informative with tears shed every now and then.
November 26, 2023
I loved reading this book about the relationships between Moms and sons!!! It really spoke to me since my own mom has been gone for more than a year and a half now!!!
October 24, 2024
Fu stories....easy read
January 25, 2011
I'm at Chapter 8 and have yet to mark a single passage from this book... that is NOT a good sign when normally I have post-it's out of books like crazy. I'm not a huge fan of the Chicken Soup books but was given this as a gift and picked it up in the last few weeks to break out of my own "life" for a moment and read someone else's perspective & experiences. This hasn't done it for me...
July 15, 2015
Oh this one made me cry so hard. There was literally a whole section where I just bawled like a baby. This one gave me the feels. Ah it just rolled me under it. The reason I took off a star was because there was no Meet the Contributors in this one and I really missed that.
August 25, 2022
Need to find a copy of this book.
March 12, 2013
Had some really sad stories in this. A lot of them made me smile.
July 21, 2015
The stories are so quick, it is hard not to give the book a positive rating. I did like the beginning, much better than the end. But altogether, OK.
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