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Praise for THE YUMMY MUMMY’S SURVIVAL GUIDE:
‘Must-have reading from the maternity ward and beyond.’ Heat
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Timeless wisdom for modern mothers.
It all began with a conversation with my grandmother…
When Liz Fraser spent a month with her grandmother, she was at her wits' end as a parent, fed up with crop-tops, pester power and the pressure to consume. So she asked her grandmother - what works? What helps make a good childhood?
The answers were surprisingly simple - and stunningly effective.
From early bedtime to giving your child room to play, the old-fashioned common sense of her grandmother's generation changed Liz's family life for good.
Liz reveals the traditional rules that allow you to give your children back their childhood, while adding her own experience as a modern mum, aware we have to work with the world we live in now. The result is a book that reminds us how precious and short childhood is, and delivers practical solutions that every parent can employ.
Comforting, friendly and reassuringly traditional, this is all everyone needs for a happier, simpler family life.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Liz Fraser's book offers opinions on many parenting issues. The title makes the book sound like a cosy fireside chat but the content is anything but. Whether voicing the opinions of herself or her grandmother, the author is outspoken on matters from discipline to dress sense, eating to education.
The joy of the book for me was that I agreed with almost all the views expressed. The hub of her argument seemed to be that we ought to let our children live a little, exercise common sense rather than paranoia and allow children to enjoy childhood for as long as possible.
This is the first book I have read by Fraser and I did find some of her written style - the personal asides and forced matey tone - rather annoying. The content however was thought provoking and in some ways reassuring. There is so much we can do as parents to give our children a fantastic childhood, this book helped me focus on the joy of being a mum.
The joy of the book for me was that I agreed with almost all the views expressed. The hub of her argument seemed to be that we ought to let our children live a little, exercise common sense rather than paranoia and allow children to enjoy childhood for as long as possible.
This is the first book I have read by Fraser and I did find some of her written style - the personal asides and forced matey tone - rather annoying. The content however was thought provoking and in some ways reassuring. There is so much we can do as parents to give our children a fantastic childhood, this book helped me focus on the joy of being a mum.
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
What a fantastic, important, timely book!! As ever, Fraser has tapped perfectly into the Zeitgeist, writing with intelligence, passion and superb wit about a subject that concerns us all. This book is what parents all over the country need: it gives simple, practical and well-reserached tips on how to put back what we all worry every day has been lost for our children: a proper childhood. Granny sounds like one amazing lady, and her Pearls of Wisdom are so sensible - just like we all remember from our own childhoods - while Liz takes this bang up to date for the modern world. This would appeal to mums and grannies alike this mother's day - I know what I'm buying mine anyway!
2 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I found this book a real let down. After reading her other book "Yummy Mummy Survival Guide" I thought this book would be on a similar par. Sadly it was like reading a novel about Liz and her Granny's conversations. Its a combination of sprawling and messy, repetitive and quite frankly obvious advice. You have a hard time drudging through Liz's terrible sense of humour and very prim point of view to get to the point which I found really unnecessary.
I would recommend Grace Saunders' book 'The Fabulous Mum's Handbook' to anyone as a much better informative read.
I would recommend Grace Saunders' book 'The Fabulous Mum's Handbook' to anyone as a much better informative read.
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