by Jill Smokler
First published 2013
Jill Smokler tackles the lies parents hear everywhere. A nurse told her on an exam table that motherhood comes naturally. That statement launched years of wondering what she was missing. Smokler built a following with her blog ScaryMommy.com and her bestselling memoir about raising three children. Now she returns with fresh essays that tear down more than twenty false beliefs about parenting. She calls motherhood wonderful, miraculous, and worthwhile. Natural is not the word she would choose. Each essay exposes another myth that sets parents up for disappointment. Smokler delivers what other parenting books avoid. She tells parents the real story about what raising children actually involves.
Genres: family-life, humor, non-fiction, 21st-century, parenting, personal-development
Vibes: emotional, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: personal-growth, real-life-experiences
176 pages · Hardcover · Gallery Books