Overview (from the Publishers): Corporate
trainer and mentor Maralee McKee turns her attention to the home and shares the
simple, savvy, and sincere skills kids need in order to flourish in today’s
culture.
Skills for each stage of
life make this the go-to book for moms with children of any age. Readers will
learn how to impart the basic tools that empower kids to relate to others well,
as well as…
- gain self-confidence by learning to make conversation pleasant, not painful
- overcome self-doubt by mastering new etiquette for today’s on-the-go, casual, techno-savvy families
- develop the interpersonal skills that will help them become the best version of themselves they can be in any setting
Fun, practical, and thoroughly
up-to-date, this manual offers everything moms need to equip their kids to
flourish in their relationships.
Review: Author
Maralee McKee’s passion (or one of them, anyway) is manners: teaching them,
making good use of them, writing about them. Her enthusiasm about manners was,
at first, funny to me. I’ve always been laid back, very go-with-the-flow with
this type of things. But the author makes a compelling case for good manners,
their importance and how easy they are to learn and to teach to our kids.
Right
from the start, I felt at home. I loved the fact that the Forward seemed to be
written by a friend in common; like a friend introducing us to her good old
friend because she just knows that we will hit it off, and we do. The author
begins telling us her story, a very touching story, which made her relatable,
made her feel closer and made me want to keep reading.
If you
are like me, you always say please and thank you, always greet people and look
them in the eye when speaking with them. Those are the basics, things we are
taught from the start. But they are not enough and the author makes that
perfectly clear. It’s funny how a book about manners will make you look deeper
into your parenting, what you expect of yourself and your children, what you
can provide for them to be better persons in the Lord and with those around
them. Manners that Matter to Moms
does just that. It is a very practical book that not only addresses the need for teaching our children manners, but also speaks to the importance of, as mothers, being the primary manners role model for our kids.
Never
one to use a knife, I always cut my meet using my fork (WHAT!), never put the
napkin on my lap while eating (yikes!), I always, always, hang my purse in the
back of my chair (oh no!) and never send formal invitations to anything, not
even my wedding (my goodness!). It’s terrible, I know. It’s not what I want for
my son, and this book has helped me see that and has made me want to change that.
As
with any parenting book, I don’t necessarily agree with everything, but as a
whole I think it’s a great tool for any household. From saying please and thank you, to how to introduce yourself and others, to the correct behavior when eating anywhere, there is a great lesson to
be learn here: in all our relationships, dealings and conversations we should
always be polite, pleasant and present.
4 out of 5 stars
*I received a copy of this
book from Harvest House Publishers through NetGalley in exchange of an honest
review.
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