Nancy Samalin

I like the practicality of this book. The layout/style is efficient - in dialogue form - but I found that I had to be in a certain frame of mind to read and truly follow it. Then again, I read the book in less than a week - I couldn't stop because the more I read, the more I felt better about myself as a parent! I am reading the follow up book now... love and anger.

The book discusses parental anger and some ideas with which to deal with it. Its value is that it gives a range of normal feelings that most parents have and makes suggestions of how to deal with feelings of anger and hostility. Includes an excellent bibliography of recommended readling.

All those baby boomers that have embarked on the journey of raising their second and third children have found themselves left in the lurch by existing child care literature. Now childcare expert Nancy Samalin, who has earned a reputation for her forgiving and empowering approach to parenting, brings her inspiring outlook to this guide to the pitfalls and rewards of parenting two or more children.

The sometimes-arduous task of raising children can incite complete frustration and anger in even the most patient parent. Love And Anger justifies the many, many circumstances that can make a parent angry and suggests constructive ways to express real anger to children without hurting or scaring them.