This book is about one imperfect family's adventures, as told through stories about the events they have experienced together. Nearly every idea included began with a spur-of-the-moment action that either produced a useful result...or didn't. What worked, they did again. What didn't, they discarded. Some are humorous and all are insightful. You will see yourself in these stories and learn how to apply the wisdom you have gained from your own childhood and now as a parent.
Glenda Wilkes, PhD, a developmental psychologist and parent of six (now grown and married) children has written and assembled a delightfully entertaining and enlightening collection of stories about her family. The lessons she learned will broaden your family's understanding of each other and help you create a shared learning dynamic. The result will be a more focused, thoughtful, and interactive parenting style. And you will have fun uncovering the underlying principles inherent in family life.
New York Times best-selling author Dr. Kevin Leman touts Dr. Wilkes as "a narrator who has soaked up the details of her family's adventures and recounts them with humor and insight. This is a book you'll read again and again. It will cause you to recall your own childhood as well as give you new ideas for your own children."
All of us have family stories. Now it's time to discover how to learn from them!
About the Author: Though developmental psychologist Glenda Wilkes, PhD, has learned from all of her life experiences, including her time as a middle-school English teacher, graduate student, college professor, and business owner, her most rewarding and intense learning has come from time with her family.
Dr. Wilkes's lighthearted and entertaining parenting book, Are There Really Clams in Clam Chowder?, shares a rich variety of life lessons she learned from her husband, Jim, and their six children.
