You're a Good Mom (and Your Kids Aren't So Bad Either): 14 Secrets to Finding Happiness Between Super Mom and Slacker Mom

by Jen Singer

For 21st century mothers, there seem to be just two choices: be a Super Mom or be a Slacker Mom. One's bad for you; one's bad for your kids. So what's a momma to do? In You're a Good Mom (and Your Kids Aren't So Bad Either), the Internet's favorite momma, Jen Singer, tells all. Turns out you can raise perfectly good kids in that sweet spot between flash cards at breakfast and "donuts for dinner, kids " It's for every mom who's pressured to be perfect...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1402211147
• ISBN13: 9781402211140
• Release Date: April 2008
• Publisher: Sourcebooks
• Length: 197 Pages
• Weight: 0.68 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.3" x 0.8" x 5.5"

Customer Reviews

Made me laugh out loud!

I was picking up a book to help me understand my son and his emotions better when I saw this book. I flipped through a few pages and laughed out loud at each page I read. How refreshing!! I told myself I would look at a few more pages and if I laughed more I would get it. After five minutes I couldn't put it down and I was drawing stares from others b/c I was laughing. Instead of a book telling me what I need to do better, this one told me "we all understand and we've been there". It helped me see things in a less tense way and laugh at myself. I have four little ones under 6 yrs, including a newborn, and I went home and read a book for me that made me feel better about ME. What a refreshing concept!

The best present for your mom friends

I have been a mommasaid fan for years and couldnt wait for this book to come out. Jen Singer really knows how to make a mom laugh and this book proves that. At times it is laugh out loud funny. This book also makes you realize it is OK to say no and that you dont have to do EVERYTHING even if the other moms are doing it. I am going to order some extra copies to give as gifts to all my mom friends.

A slice of our lives!!!!!

This book is NOT a self help book. It is a pat on the back for all of us who do so much for our kids...and realize that we're not perfect. Sometimes things go "ka-ka" and we handle it with style....Jen says "what else is there to do"? Jen Singer leads us in laughing at ourselves as well as giving us a pat on the back for getting through it all. Well written and rings true. A real slice out of our lives. No matter who you are, if you are a mom, you'll not only enjoy this book, but recognize yourself amongst the pages....whether you care to admit it or not!! If you take it along to read while you are waiting those ENDLESS hours at "whatever" practice, you know you are a "Good Mom".

Love this book!!!!

What a great book! Jen helps me to laugh. She also helps me to reiterate to my husband that "smackdown" is not an appropriate bonding experience for him and the boys. For me to realize it is okay for my child to have a Birthday party at home with the family is not going to traumatize my child....me maybe but not my child. That hospitals should hand this book out with the hospital discharge goodies.

At last, a message for real moms

We all know nobody's perfect, yet there are a few moms at school who seem to be. They're always perfectly dressed, perfectly organized and perfectly prepared for every volunteer opportunity. Of course, we all know slacker moms, too. They're the ones with stuff spewing out of their minivans in the school parking lot while they look for their kids' school shoes with a minute till the bell rings. But what about the rest of us? Jen Singer's wonderful, witty and wry new book "Your'e a Good Mom" reassures us that the "mom in the middle" is just fine, thanks. Buy this book, get your favorite beverage, and let Jen re-energize you for your most important job -- being a mom.