The Miracle Morning for Parents and Families: How to Bring Out the Best In Your Kids and Yourself

by Hal Elrod, Mike McCarthy, Lindsay McCarthy

Ready to take the lead in your family and achieve your vision of ideal family life?
Hal Elrod’s ‘The Miracle Morning’ has helped redefine the mornings and the lives of millions of readers since 2012. Since then, careers have been launched, goals have been met, and dreams have been realized, all through the power of the Miracle Morning Life S.A.V.E.R.S.
These six daily practices will fuel your efforts to create positive change in your life.
And now, Miracle Morning for Parents & Families brings you these Life S.A.V.E.R.S. in a whole new light, along with the not-so-obvious principles and the exceptional skills you need to create a loving and successful home environment.
Mike and Lindsay McCarthy—two successful professionals who also lead an adventurous homeschool family—bring their wisdom and insight to you through Hal Elrod’s powerful Miracle Morning framework.
DEVELOP A DEEP AND SATISFYING RELATIONSHIP WITH YOUR CHILDREN, AND BECOME THE AMAZING PARENT YOU WERE ALWAYS MEANT TO BE!
The Life S.A.V.E.R.S., the principles, and the skills you’ll find in this book will help you to be present in every moment, and to care for yourself and your family in a remarkable new way.
—Learn why mornings matter more than you think
—Learn how to master your own self-leadership and personal growth
—Learn how to manage your energy—physical, mental, and emotional
—And learn the exceptional skills of being a parent—Purposefulness, Playfulness, and Perspective
You’re already a good parent. Now learn to be an exceptional parent—the parent your kids deserve, and who you were always meant to be.

The Miracle Morning for Parents & Families is your key to building a deep and satisfying relationship with your children—one that will shape their lives and yours in amazing ways.

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Genres: Parenting, Self Help, Personal Development, Nonfiction, Family, Health, Productivity

327 pages, Kindle Edition

Published October 17, 2021

About the author

Hal Elrod is the author of the #1 international bestseller "The Miracle Morning: The Not-So-Obvious Secret Guaranteed to Transform Your Life... (Before 8AM)" available at http://MiracleMorning.com

Reviews

[Tara · Rating 2 out of 5]

I've read two miracle morning books now and loved them. This one felt a little too all over the place. I think too many things were trying to be discussed. And I felt like when it got off track, a brief sentence about miracle morning was slipped in. Almost like the authors really wanted to just write a parenting book, but felt compelled to force themselves to sneak in comments about the miracle morning. Sometimes it made no sense with what they were talking about.

I walked away with not much of a plan of action or clarity----just a little lost with over a hundred tips bouncing around my head!

Also the parent profile puzzled me....just because someone has a successful business didn't mean they were experts at parenting. There was no ethos there. I probably would have gotten more if they had interviewed authors of parenting books.

I do love the regular miracle morning book though! And there were some great tips in this. Just the work as a whole was a little too all over the place

[Leslie · Rating 1 out of 5]

There is nothing new in this book, not even in the packaging of the advice, and it reeks of privilege.

[Victoria · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a great follow up to the morning miracle book by Hal Elrod for me. A good mix of advice, suggestions and little anecdotes. Easy to read and choose what might work for my family.

[Victoria · Rating 3 out of 5]

I wanted to love this this book because I’m a huge admirer of Hal Elrod, but this was a let down.

The recap of the Life SAVERS was great; useful if you’re new to The Miracle Morning and a good refresher if you’re familiar with it. That’s the main reason I’ve given this three stars; Hal’s message is of great value to everyone.

What was disappointing about this book was that it was largely written by Lindsay, one of the co-authors. She comes across as living a charmed, privileged life and is just not relatable. I’m not saying that she hasn’t had challenges in parenting, we all do, but if you can afford private school (whilst claiming you’re “homeschooling”) to allow your family to travel whenever they please; employ babysitters to do the school run (after a ridiculously involved screening process); have weekly date nights and regular holidays alone with your spouse; take the kids (separately) on date nights every week and special days out every quarter, then I’m sorry but your struggles as a stay-at-home-mom are not the same as anyone I know!

Her writing comes across mostly as smug humble-bragging, with plenty of name dropping. Her repackaging of the Life SAVERS as CHARMS isn’t that interesting or original either.

What would have made this book so much more valuable is if Hal had chosen a more average family to co-author with him. I’d have rather read the insights of a family who don’t have all the help in the world and who have a more regular routine.

If you’re interested in The Miracle Morning, read the original!

[Erica · Rating 2 out of 5]

I got this version because I thought it would suit my stage of life better. But now I'm wishing I had gotten the original version instead. The only part I really liked was the description of SAVERS, but again, that probably was covered better in the original.

This book is just an insubstantial cash cow. And though the woman in this book clearly tried to be instep with the ordinary person, all I could hear was this: "all you need to do to be truly happy is to do the SAVERS and outsource the things you don't like doing - get a maid for your house and a nanny for your kids!" Um... Yes, I would call that solid logic, but not always possible. Not all of us can afford to regularly fly all over the world and put our kids in private schools!

Save yourself some time and get the original book!

[Lucy · Rating 2 out of 5]

Nothing I haven't already picked up from other books. The book was all over the place with tips and ideas coming from the various parenting profiles sprinkled throughout the book. Not necessarily relatable in many areas, especially the advice to outsource everything you don't want to do or is weighing you down.

[Mandy · Rating 2 out of 5]

I love the miracle morning concept, but didn't care for this book or the tips discussed. Some good ones tho.

[Imici NelPozzo · Rating 3 out of 5]

It's great if you are a middle class stay at home mum, a bit patronising, but with some good take aways ...

[Senae Smith · Rating 4 out of 5]

I read The Miracle Morning a few months ago and have been using Hal’s Life SAVERS since then. Doing this has helped me immensely to feel better organized, more focused, less anxious, and reach my goals. While it has definitely benefited me, and I’m so glad I read it, his original book didn’t always feel relevant to me as a homeschool mom. I was thrilled to see The Miracle Morning for Parents and Families and had read somewhere the co-authors were homeschoolers. I was hoping for a thorough outline of how to do the Miracle Morning with my kids (middle schoolers) so that we could all have a great morning routine and experience the benefits together. What I found was a lot of advice for parents whose children are really young. Much of the advice was irrelevant to me. For instance, I went online and checked out some of the recommended books on affirmations from the library, and they were picture books for young children. The parenting profiles throughout were mostly parents with younger children too. I can appreciate those stories and their challenges; I’ve been there before myself. But again, they are completely irrelevant to me now. I haven’t had to potty train a child or respond to a toddler tantrum in nearly a decade. I think this would have been better titled The Miracle Morning for Parents of Young Children, perhaps.
All that said, I did take away some good tips. I enjoyed the different way of setting affirmations. It was more like intention setting than affirmations, but I think it is effective and a nice addition to the affirmations I already use. I also benefited from the pages on clearing out clutter in order to achieve better focus and the tips on letting go of things, ideas, habits, and processes, that no longer serve you. Also, the Purposeful Parenting chapter had a lot of good questions to help with creating a purposeful vision. Overall, I am glad I read this book and will recommend it to others, especially any parents I meet with young children.

[Donna Newman · Rating 3 out of 5]

I listened to the audio book, which is narrated by a man. Most of the text is written by a woman and mother, so this was a strange choice.
Some useful stuff in here but it’s written from a very middle class perspective. It would have been useful if some of the case studies were from different walks of life, rather than the authors friends and peers. Some of the suggestions would only be possible if you have help at home/have a family set up where only one parent works and it’s 9-5.

[Barbara The MarSienne · Rating 3 out of 5]

Du bon et du moins bon. Si on fait abstraction de la forme "je vous prêche la bonne parole à l'américaine" et qu'on se concentre seulement sur le contenu des Life SAVERS ce n'est pas trop mal. A adapter en fonction de ses besoins et de son emploi du temps.

[Larissa Olinda · Rating 4 out of 5]

Perfect for parents.

I really loved the book, it is very useful for you as a person and for you as a parent. Filled with tips and tactics to use with kids, as well as very inspiring. You can put everything into practice. I just wish it there was a big note book on it, I love the parents inputs, but with so much valuable suggestions and tips I would love to be able to scan a content list and go right to what I need most at different times in my parenting life. I guess this is a work I should do, you can really read this book like a textbook, taking notes all through our and reviewing your notes. But I feel
Like it will be hard for me to remember and refer to my notes all the tips since they are scattered through the book. Ultimately I think it’s a mud read and I would recommend it.

[Clare]

A kindle unlimited read, have heard lots of people talking about it on podcasts etc. I'm pretty sure that this book is going to irritate the heck out of me (it's apparently going to teach me how to "win at mornings", and I'm "taking a stand for greatness" just by picking it up - shudder). However, I do absolutely suck at mornings, normally getting woken up by a dog or a toddler, or both, around 8am (cough - 9am), so I'll give it a go.

UPDATE - I shelved/abandoned this as my Kindle Unlimited trial ran out. May pick it up again at some point.

[Michelle Reynolds · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great read for Parents!!

Just a great reminder on how to be successful as parents and also as entrepreneurs!! Highly recommend and definitely will be doing my miracle morning life S.A.V.E.R.S every day!!😁

[Dan Cumberland · Rating 1 out of 5]

I like the original Miracle Morning. If you haven't read the original, this might be good. But for anyone who knows the concept, this is just a reiteration of it with a lot of parenting advice added on.

[Nichole Betterley · Rating 3 out of 5]

Felt like much of this was really more relevant to people with younger kids.

[Aubrey · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book was more about being a good parent and less about a miracle morning.

[p3RF · Rating 3 out of 5]

Meh

[Chronicroqueusedelivres · Rating 3 out of 5]

La méthode du Miracle Morning par Hal Elrod dans un ouvrage du même titre a déjà fait beaucoup d’adeptes et ici, l’auteur propose sa méthode en l’adaptant aux parents. Il nous explique les choses en faisant appel à un couple de parents pratiquant le Miracle Morning.

J’ai lu un ouvrage sur ce thème mais j’avais besoin de quelque chose en plus, plus approfondi, avec plus de détails. J’avais envie de lire le Miracle Moning de Hal Elrod quand j’ai découvert par hasard qu’il existait une version spéciale pour les parents. Je remercie donc sincèrement Netgalley, grâce à qui j’ai fait cette découverte, ainsi que les éditions First pour ce service presse qui m’a ravi.

J’avais donc déjà l’envie de me lever plus tôt pour prendre un peu de temps pour moi. J’ai un petit garçon de bientôt un an et demi et quand il se lève trop tôt ou que je suis réveillée par lui, avant d’avoir eu un tout petit peu de temps rien qu’à moi, je me suis rendue compte que je commençais mal ma journée, j’étais plus irritable et moins patiente. J’avais donc besoin de ce temps du matin mais je ne savais pas vraiment comment l’organiser, j’avais besoin d’idées et d’exemples pour réussir à trouver ce qui me convient. Ce livre m’a donc aidé pour cela.
Pour mon avis détaillé mais sans spoiler, c'est ici: https://chronicroqueusedelivres.wordp...

[Migdalia · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good, but...

It's a really good book and I definitely recommend all parents read it, BUT I didn't like some things.

First, the backbone (a summary) of The Miracle Morning: the Life S.A.V.E.R.S.

S - silence
A - affirmations
V - visualization
E - exercise
R - reading
S - scribing

I loved some of the advice in this book. It's approach is to use the Life S.A.V.E.R.S to help you achieve your parenting goals. And the final chapter by Hal, talks about The Miracle Equation: unwavering faith + extraordinary effort= miracle. That's the summary of the book. Up next are some things I didn't like.

1. She writes from a place of privilege, which is not terrible because she then gives alternatives if you can't afford some of her suggestions, but it just seems like she doesn't know all the hardships some people go through.

2. Some of the parenting advice is too authoritarian, from my perspective. I don't believe you should show your kids you're still "in charge."

3. It was repetitive and I seriously lost interest at times. In all fairness, I also read the original TMM book and a lot of it is repeated in this one, and I know it's intended for people who are reading about this for the first time.

So that's basically it. They weren't terrible buts, so that's why I gave it a 4 stars. It's a good book, just not an excellent one.

[Kristin Anderson · Rating 3 out of 5]

Maybe I should wait to write a review until I try the miracle morning for awhile. Haha! I don't consider myself a morning person, although I already do some of the things discussed in this book that are supposed to help a day go well - meditation (or prayer in my case) and exercise. I am excited to try incorporating some of the other suggestions and had never thought of starting my day doing some of these things: getting up well before my kids, brushing teeth right away, getting a large glass of water first thing (which I never do and I know I never drink enough water), reciting affirmations, vizualization, reading, and scribing (journal writing which I usually only do once a week). I'll see how it goes fitting these things in each morning. This particular mircle morning book also had a lof of parenting advice and how taking good care of yourself (eating well, becoming financially free, decluttering, etc) will help a person be a better parent. It gives some other advice about playing with your kids, being consistent, taking responsibility for your actions, etc. The beginning of the book about the miracle morning was more interesting to me than the parenting advice. Looking forward to some good productive mornings!

[Megan · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is very similar to miracle morning, but with a twist on parenthood.

Author “parents and children who show a high degree of connectedness enjoy spending time together, communicate freely and openly, support and respect one another and have a sense of optimism about the future.”

1. Don’t over schedule
2. Let your kids see you prioritize family meals -even if they don’t join, they know you are available.
3. Have one on one dates with each child
4. Stick to a bedtime ritual/same time for school nights different ritual on weekends or vacations.

David Osborn- “I think that by realizing that the timeline you have on earth is getting shorter, whatever it is, whenever the end is, makes you not want to waste any time on silly anxiety, wasteful activities or behaviors, and being anxious is a wasteful behavior. I need to be fully present to whatever my goals and missions are and being a dad is one of them. I don’t serve my child by having anxiety over serving my child.”

Me- Well put. Sometimes I think that anxiety is a clue that something is out of orbit with the decisions I am choosing and my body is telling me “alert, alert, change something up, this isn’t right for you.”

[Nicole · Rating 3 out of 5]

This has some good tips and suggestions, but the organization and layout was all over the place. I felt like I was trying to follow the author's train of thought throughout the book.

There is a bit of upper class privilege in the book, such as when the author suggests hiring a nanny or house cleaner to make time for the things you need to do... as if that is the simple answer for all of us. The parenting profiles are also from successful people in the business world, who live in the same upper class as the author.

There are some helpful tips but I didn't glean anything new since I've already read the original Miracle Morning book.

[Carlinha Geraldes · Rating 4 out of 5]

Já é o 3° Livro dessa série que leio (li o Primeiro e o Para Relacionamentos) e confesso que este foi o que menos me agradou.
Talvez pq já li outros e a base eu já conheça, talvez pq eu leia bastante sobre educação de filhos e já conheça muitas coisas sobre o tema, não sei.
Talvez para quem esteja chegando neste universo agora, seja incrível.
Eu gosto muito do tema, da rotina matinal, aplico em minha vida sempre que posso.
Porém este em específico achei um tanto utópico, fala como se a criação de filhos fosse algo simples, talvez tenha faltado um pouco de consciência de classe por parte dos autores

[Athénaïs Kahou · Rating 3 out of 5]

Mon édition comptait en réalité 410 pages. Si certaines choses sont intéressantes, je regrette que par moments on s'éloigne trop du principe du Miracle Morning et que cela prenne plutôt l'aspect d'une publicité que d'un guide. Il y a des choses intéressantes, c'est sûr, mais cela aurait pu être condensé et cela nous réoriente beaucoup vers d'autres livres dont les idées sont résumées. Sinon il se révèle facile à lire et l'auteure est pleine de bienveillance. Cela reste une lecture positive mais qui doit peut-être être complétée avec la lecture du Miracle Morning originel.

[Vahagn Dilbaryan · Rating 4 out of 5]

Ճիշտ է, ես արդեն 6 ամիս կլինի առավոտյան ժամը 5-ին եմ արթնանում ու չիմանալով այս գրքի խորհուրդները՝ հենց այդպես էլ անում էի, բայց ևս մեկ անգամ համոզվեցի, որ ճիշտ է այդպես։ Լավ խորհուրդներ կան նրանց համար, ովքեր ցանկանում են փոխել իրենց առօրյան։ Ժամը 5.48 եմ հիմա գրում ու այդ ժամին արթնանալով՝ հսկայական գործ եմ առաջ գցում օրվա ընթացքում։ Այնպես որ լավ պրակտիկա է, խորհուրդ կտամ կարդալ, կիրառել խորհուրդները։

[G · Rating 3 out of 5]

Presents a far more succinct and well-explained version of the original author's "miracle morning" premise, along with some good suggestions for adapting it to accommodate challenging parenting schedules or provide a modified version for kids to start their day. The rest of it seems like a smorgasbord of parenting advice padding out the book. It's all, however, reasonably good advice.

[Cynthia · Rating 5 out of 5]

4,5⭐️

J’ai bien aimé le livre et le fait qu’il soit adapté aux familles. On y voit plusieurs modèles de parents et de routines, c’est plus flexible et, par le fait même, c’est plus motivant de penser qu’on peut intégrer le miracle morning en le moulant aux contraintes de notre vie. C’est définitivement un livre que je relirai à l’occasion pour continuer d’être motivée.

[Casey · Rating 2 out of 5]

I've read 2 or 3 of these books, and this one is my least favorite. It seemed redundant, drawn-out, and disorganized. I skimmed the profiles because I wasn't gaining anything from them. A little bummed about this one. And every few paragraphs referred to getting the playbook. Why not leave out the profiles and include the playbook stuff?

[Ben · Rating 4 out of 5]

Get up out of bed earlier to give yourself time to yourself, in which you can reflect on life and the day ahead, meditate, exercise, write a diary, repeat life affirmations. This is the overall gist but it also talks about how to have a calm present family life in general.