Vote For Our February Parenting Book Club Pick
by Chris Jordan
It’s time to vote for our February parenting book club selection. I hope a lot of you made it your New Year resolution to read more and will be joining us.
Alpha Mom Book Club: NurtureShock… A New Way to Think About Children, or Not?
by Chris Jordan
I was excited that this was the book chosen for this month’s book club selection. in the introduction the book promises to shock parents and to turn all of our long held assumptions about parenting on their head. I was ready, highlighter in hand to learn something new and revolutionary, have new tools to bring to my parenting game. That just didn’t happen.
Alpha Mom Book Club: How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk
by Chris Jordan
Having said that, there is no magic formula for parenting kids (wouldn’t THAT be nice!), but I think that this book has helped me realize some areas where I can improve, especially when it comes to the way that I communicate with my children. I feel like this book gave me ideas to make things better. It is easy to get “stuck” in one way of doing something and not be able to see your way out of it, even when you know it isn’t the best way. How many of us have had the horrified realization of hearing our own parents’ voices coming out of our mouths?
Alpha Mom Parenting Book Club: The Five Love Languages Of Children
by Chris Jordan
When I read The Five Love Languages of Children years ago it truly revolutionized the way I parented my children. I remember there were several moments while reading when a light bulb would go off and I wanted to smack myself on the forehead for missing what seemed, in retrospect, so obvious. Rereading the book this time I was struck by how much I had forgotten
The Alpha Mom Parenting Book Club
by Chris Jordan
Want to read some new books about parenting and then discuss them with other parents? We are going to do just that!






