Customer Reviews:
Analyzing your Parenting.......2007-09-30
This is not about tattoos and rock and roll and controlling your child (like others have assumed), but about what you can do as a parent to help your child not turn away from the Christian faith they have been raised in (rebel). It might surprise you that Dr. Kimmel actually encourages you to allow your child to experience the world and not be sheltered by a "Christian everything" community. He talks about the importance of your child's faith being their own, and not a "hobby" they are a part of because the parent has a strong faith. He points out decisions that many Christian parents make, which actually backfire. Being a child who rebelled, he is right on the mark. It has helped me (now as a parent) as I can identify mistakes from my youth that I do not want to repeat with my children. I strongly recommend this for every parent who wants to encourage their child's spiritual growth and not hinder it.
Can't I give it 10 Stars?.......2007-07-12
Obviously, those who rated this book low, based on their comments, did not read the book.
This book has very, very, very few words about how to "raise" our children.
It will, however, cause the parent reader some uncomfortable moments as Dr. Kimmel shatters the standard American Christian ideas of "requirements" for raising Spiritual Children.
Dr. Kimmel will focus you on your own spiritual walk. What are you showing your children about what you believe real faith is by the way you live. He will allow you to see that how you live out your faith in your daily lives impacts how your children grow in their faith.
As a child raised in a strict religious environment, this book provided me a good framework for really understanding why I turned as far away as possible from "religion."
This book is a keeper - something to be reviewed at least annually as a spot-check on how am I walking in my faith - and to remind me that there are 4 little eyes watching how I live and what they see will impact them much more than what they hear at church or school.
One warning for those Christians who believe that by shielding your children from worldly influences you are benefitting them more than those who send their kids to public school, or allow their kids to read Harry Potter or go to movies, etc - this book might offend you. Give it a chance - get all the way through it and evaluate it with an open, prayerful heart. Ask the Lord if there is any truth He would like you to think about? Perhaps for your family, your choices are the right ones, but Dr. Kimmel definitely presents another way of looking at things.
Excellent book for every Christian parent.......2007-03-16
As a Christian parent I often feel intimidated by the task of passing my faith on to my children. I picked up this book from our church book table and am so glad that I did.
It was not so much about rebellion, as about how to raise your children to NOT see rebellion as an attractive option. What a weight was lifted off my shoulders as for the first time i really caught a vision of what path to follow to help my children grow up knowing and loving Christ.
The book has a message of truth and hope - not condemnation - though the author has strong things to say about what environments tend to breed rebellion. I highly recommend this book along with Grace Based Parenting by Tim Kimmel.
Biblical Parenting.......2007-02-19
Dr. Kimmel's book helped me understand a great deal of my own teenage rebellion years ago. I know that I am ultimately responsible. However, it comforted me to know why I was frustrated as a teenager and why I rebelled against my Christian faith for several years.
This book covers the different styles of parenting that breeds rebellion. It is a great read for students, adults, parents, and parents who no longer have children living at home.
I taught through this book in a parenting class. It proved to be very helpful to them. Some parents shied away from it because of the title. They didn't believe their kids were rebellious or ever would be. As Dr. Kimmel will state in his book, not every child rebels the same way. Their rebellion may come later when they are out of your house.
This book is for everyone. Even for those parents who believe themselves to be the model parents who do not need a lesson on biblical parenting.
As for the student on the front of the book. I have been in youth ministry for many years now. I have also taught in Public and Private Schools. Is this what many teenagers "look" like. Yes it is. But the question is, "Should it be?" Whether you are a teenager or an adult... you should give a great deal of thought as to what it means to be in the world but not of it.
If you are a Christian... I believe the real issue is not clothes, hairstyle, piercings, etc. The real issue is Christ-likeness, holiness, being aliens and strangers in our modern day Babylon. Real Christians will understand this. The world will scoff at it. If Christian teenagers desire to look like the world... you know there is rebellion lurking in their hearts. Man's sinful nature says, "Express yourself!" The world seeks to throw off all forms of authority. Trust me... I remember why I got an ear ring when I was a teenager. I remember why I rebelled against my parents and the faith. I didn't see biblical Christianity matching up to what was modeled to me. I was tired of fighting against the grain of culture. "If you can't beat them, join them." This was my thinking. I did what I did out of pure human "free will" rebellion!
Of course, if the parents are dressing like the world, acting like the world, and are not modeling Christ in every way... the rebellion lurking in the child's heart may be a learned thing. Most of the time... this is the case. Although, you will occasionally have children who rebel despite their parents loving guidance.
All mankind is born rebellious. Man ultimately wants to do his own thing. This is not just a problem for teenagers, but for adults too. Every child should be given the opportunity to choose their own way when they reach a certain age. If the parent is confident in the way they have raised their child, they will have no problem releasing them to make their own decisions when they reach the time to leave the nest.
I have seen two extremes among parents: some let their children do whatever they want AND some do not allow them to make any decisions for themselves at all. These children do not have the true love of God modeled to them. They have parents who parent by worldly wisdom. If you're not willing to let your child choose his own way at the end of high school (and possibly sooner) then you haven't done a very good job of parenting.
I highly recommend Dr. Kimmel's book. If you are a worldly person... this book will not be of much help to you. However, if you are a Christian and are concerned about biblical parenting or you were a rebellious teenager years ago... this book is for you!
Absurd, irrational, insane, and vomit-worthy.......2006-12-16
I would like to know what this author is a "doctor" of? I find it somewhat surprising that someone can go through that much schooling without once encountering information which completely counters the absurd beliefs he holds. Rebellion is about releasing humanity from the clutches of social conditioning. We have obedience and conformity to authority smashed into our heads from the moments we're born, brainwashed by television and school to believe in our nation, economic system, and give up your life and time to work for someone else, lead an insignificant life destroying the Earth to die at the end of it all.
Religion is a product of modern society. Humans have existed for over 2 million years and we've existed in our current species, homo sapien sapien, for over 100,000 years. Religion is only 10,000 years old and Christianity is only 2000 years old. Were we seriously "living in sin" for 99.9% of human history? And even when you look at us now compared to the amount of people who do not fully embrace evangelical christianity, are 97% of us "living in sin?" Religion was created as an arm of the state to help the coersion of humans into obedient workers for an absurd society. This is not a dissenting opinion, it's mainstream anthropology. Religion is made to enforce authoritarian ideals and beat people into a point where they submit willingly and do not naturally rebel against the horrible force of law and morality (Carefully crafted to meet the needs of the power elite), continuously using the truncheon physically and psycologically to control us from reaching our true potentials of real freedom, autonomy, and liberation. By society's definition, freedom is the ability to do what the government deems unimportant.
If you want to help your kids, tell them to think for themselves, live free of all restrictions and resist any social force which limits their ability to exist freely. Tell them that one day we will tear all this down and dance on the ashes of churches, corporations, governments, and economies, and once again embrace our truest and most amazing desires in voluntary association with humans, non-humans, and the Earth.
If you want a wakeup call from the horrible and miserable daily reality authors like this seek to defend and enforce, read books by Derrick Jensen, Daniel Quinn, Crimethinc, and Raoul Vaneigem
Plant your rebellious seeds, revolt against the prevailing artificial reality, fight the revolution of everyday life!
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This groundbreaking book takes on the influence of birth order in personalities and offers some surprising conclusions. Frank J. Sulloway, a researcher at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, has undertaken the first comprehensive study of birth order in determining personality and social outlook. He produces overwhelming evidence that, because of the evolutionary hierarchy in families, first-born children are more likely to be conformists while the later-borns tend to be more creative and more likely to reject the status quo. He documents just how different siblings are from each another--a person tends to have more in common with any randomly chosen person of their own age than with a sibling--and explains why sibling differences occur. The book offers new insights into the determining factors of who we are and who our children will be, and it is unlike any research yet published.
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A New York Times Notable Book of the Year
"An important and valuable study that will define research agendas for years to come. It is also hugely fun to read."
--Boston Globe
Why do people raised in the same families often differ more dramatically in personality than those from different families? What made Charles Darwin, Benjamin Franklin, and Voltaire uniquely suited to challenge the conventional wisdom of their times? This pioneering inquiry into the significance of birth order answers both these questions with a conceptual boldness that has made critics compare it with the work of Freud and of Darwin himself.
Frank J. Sulloway envisions families as ecosystems in which siblings compete for parental favor by occupying specialized niches. Combing through thousands of biographies in politics, science, and religion, he demonstrates that firstborn children are more likely to identify with authority whereas their younger siblings are predisposed to rise against it. Family dynamics, Sulloway concludes, is a primary engine of historical change. Elegantly written, masterfully researched, Born to Rebel is a grand achievement that has galvanized historians and social scientists and will fascinate anyone who has ever pondered the enigma of human character.
"Daring . . . a stunning achievement. "
--The New York Times Book Review
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This book illustrates to me what is wrong with psychology today.......2007-06-13
This book is illustrative to me of what is wrong with psychology today. As was brilliantly pointed out in Judith Harris's book "No Two Alike," this book has no scientific basis. I am at least the second review here to point this out.
As Harris explains, the portion of the variance for most major traits(juvenile delinquency being a rare exception) that can be attributed to birth order is basically negligible. The only reason for why a correlation may exist at all is probably due to genetic differences in the parents themselves. For example, parents with higher IQs tend to have fewer children. Since IQ is a heritable trait, we can expect only children to have higher IQs than latter-born children in large families. The cause here is genetic in origin. Once these genetic effects have been corrected for, the role of birth order becomes negligible.
Is Sulloway's work fraudulent?.......2006-04-01
A reader writes: "However, Mr. Sulloway's book is tightly reasoned and supported by a great deal of research."
You might want to look at the discussion of Sulloway's work in Judith Harris' recent _No Two Alike_, pp 92-112. According to that account, Sulloway's work was never published in a peer reviewed journal, the book in which it was published failed to provide the sort of information needed for other people to check the truth of his results, and Sulloway repeatedly refused requests for such data--for instance, the names of the Protestant and Catholic martyrs whose birth order rankings he offers as evidence, or cites to the studies whose results he claims to summarize.
When someone wrote a critical article pointing out evidence that his factual assertions about the data were false, he delayed the publication for several years by the threat of lawsuits.
Judging by her previous book, Harris is a careful writer, so absent some evidence to the contrary my current conclusion is that Sulloway is a fraud.
what you need to know of the man and his work.......2005-10-12
For many years I assumed birth order maters - and that this is my unique idea. Ha! And Ha! - respectfully, now I know. But at the time I heard Sulloway's lecture to the Skeptic Society - I was still sympathetic to the idea. Finally someone got it! I thought. However, listening to him, I knew he got it all wrong. I could explain how he is wrong, and yet, he did all that research, he had all those numbers... maybe he is right after all...
Later I found out. See for yourself. And consider buying that issue of JPS. I have it, it is a worthy reading.
http://www.marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2004/03/born_to_sue.html
Innovation, Innovators and Acceptors rather.......2004-04-05
I think the book is misrepresented by it's own title. It's not really a collection of knowledge on birth order and the psychological ramifications of birth order. Instead, the book is about applying what is known about birth order to see if there is a correlation between historical figures' birth order and family variables, and their degree of revolutionary innovation, or acceptance of revolutionary innovation.
Most of the historically significant scientists are covered, such as Galileo, Copernicus, and Darwin (especially Darwin, there's whole chapters on Darwin). There's a lot of biographical information in the book in general.
Sibling strivings.......2003-10-07
The role of siblings within the family and beyond has received attention for many years. Sulloway pulls together a mass of research, including his own to find patterns deriving from family structure. Using a strong evolutionary stance, he shows how "sibling rivalry" for resources extends into later life. This sweeping study keeps the reader's attention with clear, straightforward prose and a refreshingly direct approach. It will keep other students of human behaviour working for many years.
The general pattern, examined within larger social, political, religious and scientific arenas, shows how later-borns become the flexible, innovative thinkers. While, necessarily, only a few become actual creators of new ideas, they more readily accept fresh concepts. Later-borns learn to adapt in the family environment - it's a survival trait. First-borns, and Sulloway notes the difference between chronological and "functional" first-borns, cling to a conservative stance. Even if the parents are radical thinkers, their first-borns will adhere to their way of thinking. Later-borns in such a circumstance are more likely to depart from the family's stance, adhering to more conservative social or political ideas. The disparity in attitudes is the norm within the family, not necessarily across family boundaries.
Throughout the book, Sulloway frequently turns to Darwin as a case study in strengthening his thesis. It's a wise choice, since Darwin is emblematic of what Sulloway asserts. middle-class, middle sibling, middle-aged at the peak of his achievements, Darwin exemplifies most of Sulloway's criteria for distinguishing birth order as a personality driver. Sulloway concedes that the focus on Darwin is a logical result of the naturalist's showing the world how evolution works. The traits he describes have biological roots, intensified by the human condition. Human families have a long time to build the patterns he describes. Since Sulloway's thesis shows that cultural and socio-economic factors have little or no bearing on the evolutionary patterns established, previous dogmas will have to be revised or discarded. In more than one sense he's duplicating Darwin's own experience.
The book concludes with a series of Appendices explaining how Sulloway built his database of events and people. He uses 121 historical "revolutions" and nearly two dozen scientific ones, as well as the Reformation to support his thesis. The criteria for selection are given and explained. He's not averse to challenges by other scholars, but they'd best have their data firmly in hand. He's buttressed his case admirably. Only one serious challenge to Sulloway's effort has emerged since this book was published. Readers should be aware of Judith Rich Harris' critique of Sulloway's methods in the Appendix of her The Nurture Assumption. This is not the place to examine the debate, but both should be reviewed by readers. [stephen a. haines - Ottawa, Canada]
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Book Description
Philip Kent fights for the future of his adopted country and of his own wife and son, as British oppression leads America further into Revolutionary War...
Customer Reviews:
The Rebels.......2006-08-07
A very well written book which I will recommend to anyone who reads.
Rebels/Bastard Review.......2006-06-27
I love works on the American Revolution so I decided to read The Bastard and The Rebels as a 2 series book, as the rest of the Kent Chronicles have no interest for me at all.
I loved the bastard (4 out of 5 stars)Yes it was cheesy with its high melodrama (Alicia and Roger just happening to show up at a wim was pretty juvenile) But the story was intense and Phillipe was a BACKDROP to historical events.
The Rebel is a different story. The fictional characters take over, leaving the history of the era largely to discussion between them. This is disapointing. The historical aspects of Jakes novels are a strong point in otherwise infantile prose.
The character of Judson Fletcher is so ridiculously drawn that he is in no way redeemable or loathsome....really 7th grade writing at this point.
Overall I give the Rebel 3/5 for at least discussing interesting topics.
If you really are into the revolution Jeff Sharra's 2 book series is much better. But that is a personal choice for you to make
A good historical fiction read.......2005-10-28
I found this book to be very entertaining,first and foremost. It is suspensful, and the characters are likable. It is the story of Philip Kent, who finds himself in George Washinton's army. He has to endure extreme conditions (such as Valley Forge), defend himself in battle, and face eccentric and ruthless criminal types. His story is intertwined in the story of Judson Fletcher, who must battle his own shortcomings, including a drinking problem, more than other soldiers. The book captures the political atmosphere of the times, and is filled with information about the Revolutionary War. I plan on reading the other books in this series.
The Rebels.......2005-09-11
Another masterpiece by the talented John Jakes. True, "The Rebels" was not quite as good as "The Bastard", but it is still stock full of twists and turns. Some of the battle scenes were a little gory, however John Jakes has a knack for making the reader keep turning pages. This is one of those books that is hard, if not impossible, to put down. John Jakes really develops his characters, you feel for them. Between the stories of Judson Fletcher and Phillip Kent, you get wrapped up and forget where you are. You truly feel like you are learning something when you read "The Rebels," but it is not like listening to a grandparent drone on about "their day". John Jakes manages to juggle fun and learning perfectly. "The Rebels" is a lovable and important part of the American Bicentennial Series by John Jakes. I highly recommend you buy this book, it is a great read.
The first was better but still a good novel full of good characters.......2005-08-13
The bastard was a really good novel and I could not wait to read the second. I found it not as good as the first but still it's a good novel. The thing I did not like abput the novel was the war parts some people will like it but I found they draggged on. I like how they shoed the coldness of the winters to the fighters and the harsh reality of war but the battel scences were long. Then there is new character like drunkard from the Virginian plantation families Judson Fletcher. Then there is Philips wife I was sad to see her outcome in the novel but enjoyed that part of the book. Very good characters in this book and I cant wait to read the next.
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The story of Nathan Winslow in The Gentle Rebel brings the saga of the Winslow family into the American Revolution. At first opposed to the idea of revolution, Nathan eventually becomes a Patriot. But his faith and courage are tested when he falls in love with beautiful Abigail Howland, a proud and spoiled Tory.
Customer Reviews:
Very Good.......2006-04-25
The House of Winslow series is one of the best out . The Gentle Rebel is about a young man named Nathan and his fight for freedom. It is also about a young girl named Julie who has more then a few problems of her own. They are brought together by God. In this book they both learn to love and trust him with their hearts. I loved this book and cant wait to read the next one in the series.
Quite an adventourous story!.......2000-08-10
Nathan is completely determined to win the war for his country and Brother, and then marry Abigail Howland. However, he never expected to find love disguised as a male. Julie is running away from her past and Uncle, who wants to force her to marry him for her small fortune. However, she escapes disguised as a man, and is able to get a job in the army against the British. As well as fall in love with Nathan. When he finds out who she really is, he is shocked as well as outraged, but soon finds himself drawn to her and finally accepts Jesus as his savior. Will he find God's will is for him to marry Abigail or Julie. And does Abigail really love him?
Great Book.......2000-01-09
This book was wonderful. It takes you through the adventures of Nathan Winslow and the beginning of the Revolutionary war. I loved the way it made me feel like I was right there experiencing it.
The House of the Winslows Lives On!.......1999-12-10
Have you read The Gentle Rebel? Well if you haven't you should! In this book the author, Gilbert Morris, continues the House of Winslow series to the American Revolution. The great-great-grandson of Gilbert Winslow, Nathan learns what the real meaning of love is, and that sometimes love can hurt. When Nathan's younger brother Caleb was killed at Concord, he makes a vow to his brother to fight on the American side. The only problem is that Nathan is in love with the beautiful Abigal Howland a spoiled Tory, who is on the British side. Nathan very quickly befriends Laddie Smith, Caleb's friend. Laddie and Nathan bond and together they join the colonists. When Laddie is shot and taken to the home of some Quakers, who learn of 'his' deep, dark secret and of his past the whole book turns around. I liked this book because I love Morris' novels, historical, and romantic, religious books. This is a must read book! If read with the rest of the series, it will make the whole story even better. If you love romantic, historical, and slightly religious books, than this book is for you! Gilbert Morris make you feel like you are there with the characters seeing everything first hand. You must read The Gentle Rebel!
The House of the Winslows Lives On!.......1999-12-10
Have you read The Gentle Rebel? Well if you haven't you should! In this book the author, Gilbert Morris, continues the House of Winslow series to the American Revolution. The great-great-grandson of Gilbert Winslow, Nathan learns what the real meaning of love is, and that sometimes love can hurt. When Nathan's younger brother Caleb was killed at Concord, he makes a vow to his brother to fight on the American side. The only problem is that Nathan is in love with the beautiful Abigal Howland a spoiled Tory, who is on the British side. Nathan very quickly befriends Laddie Smith, Caleb's friend. Laddie and Nathan bond and together they join the colonists. When Laddie is shot and taken to the home of some Quakers, who learn of 'his' deep, dark secret and of his past the whole book turns around. I liked this book because I love Morris' novels, historical, and romantic, religious books. This is a must read book! If read with the rest of the series, it will make the whole story even better. If you love romantic, historical, and slightly religious books, than this book is for you! Gilbert Morris make you feel like you are there with the characters seeing everything first hand. You must read The Gentle Rebel!
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The birth control crusader, feminist, and reformer Margaret Sanger was one of the most controversial and compelling figures in the twentieth century. The Selected Papers of Margaret Sanger, Volume 1 is composed of Sanger’s letters, diaries, journals, articles, and speeches, most of which have not appeared previously in print. Now in paperback, the book documents the critical phases and influences of an American feminist icon and offers rare glimpses into her working-class childhood, burgeoning feminism, spiritual and scientific interests, sexual explorations, and diverse roles as wife, mother, lover, nurse, journalist, radical socialist, and activist.
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First published in 1960, Jessica Mitford's autobiography is an account of the enclosed and eccentric childhood through which Nancy, Diana, Pam, Unity, Decca, and Debo lived. In writing of their upbringing between the wars, she also writes of her own commitment to communism and of her elopement to the Spanish Civil War with Esmond Romilly.
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Hons and Daughters and Rebels.......2007-04-23
I was looking for a Jessica Mitford autobiography and discovered "Hons & Rebels". The original title of this (1960) book is Daughters & Rebels". Is anything other than the title revised/updated? I'm such a fan of Mitford, I'd rather read her memoirs than Mary S. Lovell's "The Sisters: The Saga of the Mitford Family", which is supposedly more detailed.
They don't make royals like this any more.......2007-02-07
A view into the always fascinating Mitford family written by family member, and best-selling author, Jessica Mitford.
The personal observations about the totally diverse life choices made made by the sisters boggles the mind and confounds the senses.
Coming of age as a "ballroom pink".......2006-03-19
The Mitfords, the six daughters of Baron Redesdale, were inescapable fixtures of England's cultural life in the Thirties; as their mother noted, she needed only pick up a newspaper to see invariably a headline about "Peer's daughter" and she'd know one of them was in trouble. Eccentric, funny, intelligent and lively, one became a one became a novelist (Nancy), one became a fascist (Diana), one became a countrywoman (Pamela), one became a Nazi (Unity), and one became a duchess (Deborah). The second to youngest, Jessica, became a communist and then a famous muckraking journalist, and wrote THE AMERICAN WAY OF DEATH as well as this very funny memoir of growing up Mitford. Given almost no education while being raised in Gloucestershire and London, she eloped with Churchill's nephew Esmond Romilly to Spain, and then found work with him in America as the war began across the Atlantic. The memoir gives a fascinating account of what it was like to live as what her sisters dismissingly term "a ballroom pink" in the Thirties, but is most memorable, of course, for its detailing of her sisters' hilarious observations about class, snobbery, sex and one another: when it is announced their King is going to marry an American with the unprepossesing name of Wallis Simpson, for example, the sisters refuse to believe it ("That cannot be her real Christian name!").
Surprisingly interesting.......2005-10-14
Several things about this book were interesting. How alien to our current sensibilites for someone to want to go to school so badly, but have their parents consider it an unnecessary frivolity. Mitford also gives a real sense of what the lead-up to WWII was like. Again, I was fascinated that up until the Nazis invaded France, it wasn't clear if England would fight the Nazis or the Soviets. How strange sounding. And that some in the Engligh upper classes admired Hitler ("We could do with Hitler in this country"). Wow, I didn't expect that.
There were some problems with Mitfords biography. I really wanted more information on what happened to Boud and the rest of the British fascists once the war started. Secondly, Esmonds death is literally nothing more than a footnote, near the end of the story, which I thought was rather quickly brought to a close. No information as to what Mitford was up to during and after the war? I almost expected a sequel to cover the period from 1940 to the 60's.
Poignant memoir of happier days.......2005-03-04
One of my favourite books of all time, Jessica Mitford's Hons and Rebels is her personal account of her childhood as a member of the eccentric, aristocratic family of Lord and Lady Redesdale, and of what happened after that - when she ran away from home to fight in the Spanish Civil War, eloping with a distant cousin. The family were a constant presence in the British press in the first half of the twentieth century, and this book gives the story of their lives from the other side. Impossibly impractical, the author was entirely unprepared for any semblance of independent living - she writes amusingly of her early attempts at housekeeping, including doing the washing-up by washing, drying and putting away each dish before tackling the next one, and sweeping the staircase from the bottom to the top. Personal tragedies, however, are glossed over - the sudden deaths of two of her children are barely mentioned, overshadowed by the family's associations with such famous historical figures as Churchill and Hitler.
As another reviewer mentioned, 'Decca', as she was known, wasn't one to let the truth get in the way of a good story, so don't take every word as gospel - just enjoy this book for what it is, a highly original and amusing memoir.
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The Rebel Housewife Rules is a whole new set of rules for today's housewives. The book contains 38 short chapters—four pages each—because that is about all that a mom can read locked in the bathroom with a three-year-old while the dog vomits outside the door.
Each chapter:
• Exposes a myth about being a housewife: "Compared to an outside career, taking care of a house and family—and myself—will be a breeze."
• Reveals the reality behind the myth: "My husband comes home to a disheveled wife, a disaster of a house, and laundry all over the stairs."
• Lays down a new rule: "Your day will never go as planned."
• And offers a rule Rx, a prescription for real domestic happiness: "Be proud of your most important accomplishments every day."
Following the often hilarious adventures and advice of Rebel Housewives Sherri Caldwell and Vicki Todd, readers learn to be themselves, get what they want, and love in new and deeper ways. Sherri and Vicki share their hard-won wisdom in this "survivors' guide" to momhood, housecleaning, budgets, self-care, and love after kids and babies. Bottom line? Happiness is more important than passing the white-glove test.
In The Rebel Housewife Rules, the recently engaged, new brides, or long-married wives find the courage to live by the greatest housewife rule of all: "Live, Love, and Laugh, one day at a time, baby."
Customer Reviews:
Great Seller!.......2006-08-25
Item arrived in condition as described.
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Delightful reading for all women - except June Cleaver!.......2006-05-24
What mommy and/or wife doesn't wish sometimes that Calgon would REALLY take her away?
The Rebel Housewife Rules by Sherri Caldwell and Vicki Todd is a compilation of delightful personal anecdotes that most wives and mothers (except the Stepford variety) will relate to. It will not only keep you smiling from start to finish; but it will remind you that you don't have to be perfect, like the Kool Aid mom on TV. Your family will love you, even if you aren't June Cleaver.
This amusing, lighthearted book frees women from the myths many of us grew up believing, such as:
* You can turn a frog into a prince (i.e. change your husband),
* A Normal Rockwell Christmas is possible (without fist fights under the tree and mashed potatoes flying at the table).
* If I'm a good mom, I'll produce perfect children
Rebel Housewife Rules is an enjoyable read that reminds women to keep things in perspective, remember what's most important, and take one day at a time. Most of all it reinforces what we all know deep down: we should just relax and enjoy our families. This delightful book will help you to do all that you really CAN do: live, love, and laugh.
~ Marsha Jordan ~
Author of Hugs, Hope, and Peanut Butter
www.hugsandhope.org
So fun to read!!.......2005-01-30
I'm a stay at home mother of 2. This book helps you laugh at yourself especially when you have those crazy days!! This is a good book for any woman who is married or not, w/kids or not and working or staying at home. We can all have a laugh with this book and learn tidbits of info on how to make it better!
Funny and Entertaining!.......2004-12-23
This book is hilarious! The writing style is fun and familiar and the book is hard to put down. Sherri and Vikki did a great job of making the every day job of being a wife and mother hysterically funny. I have to admit, this book also made me feel better about all of my shortcomings. Who knew that other mothers and wives felt the same way? It is a great read and I highly recommend it!
Fun, Delightful and Upbeat!.......2004-11-07
I had the grand privilege to meet Sherri this summer. She was a warm delightful woman. Consequently, it came as no surprise when I read " Rebel Housewife Rules..." to find it equally delightful and upbeat. (I get the sense that the other half of the dynamic duo, Vicki Todd, also ranks high on the delight-o-meter scale.)
The book is fun, warm and very real. It deals with women's core life issues of husbands, children, family, friends, sex, house repairs, and nurturing one's self. It talks about how to have an affair...with your husband. You get helpful advice for real women in the real world, i.e., when you find yourself near the breaking point with your husband, kids and chaos, put a little Kahlua in your coffee. (Yea!)
Although the book is chock full of funny moments and clever humor, there are creative practical suggestions on how to cope with being a woman, mother, wife, daughter-in-law, and yes, an actual person. One particular suggestion I love is that we pay our children to do their chores and if they fail to complete their chores, leaving us to do them, we take money out of their account. They pay us to do their chores! Great idea. (Dr. Phil would be proud.)
Each chapter exposes a myth, for example: The Myth, "Honesty is the best policy in marriage, family and life," then offers The Reality, "We all need `little white lies' to get by...." Then we get The Rule, "Learn to keep your mouth shut so your foot can't get in," and then the Rebel RX: "If you can't say something nice... make something up." (I love that line!)
There wasn't one of the thirty-eight busted myths that I couldn't relate to in a big way. It praises the human spirit and lets us chuckle at ourselves. The book exposes our human foibles and reinforces that all important wisdom we sometimes forget: to be perfect...well, just doesn't happen.
With tasty tidbits for women in their everyday lives, "Rebel Housewife Rules..." is a fun, upbeat book for fun, upbeat women.
Carmen Richardson Rutlen - Author, Dancing Naked...in fuzzy red slippers
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As cousins take up arms against one another and America's bloodiest war unfolds, young Sam Shaw grows to realize that choosing sides in this conflict is far more complicated than he had thought. Connell details significant battles and profiles key historical figures as she conveys the heart-wrenching turbulence of a family and nation divided.
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