Skydiving for Parents: Raising Amazing Kids Without Going into Free Fall
Jane Bullivant
Monarch Books, 2006, 143 pp., $11.99, www.lionhudson.com
Skydiving for Parents will not change your life, but author and mother of three Jane Bullivant has no illusions that it should. (“Family life is just too sticky for that,” she writes, “there are pet hamsters to catch, Legos to be kicked under the sofa, socks to match.”) It might help realign your perspective for an evening, though, like a conversation with a sympathetic and scattered friend with a sassy British accent. Bullivant does not advocate exotic 19-step plans for becoming SuperParent. Her jumble sale of anecdotes and advice on ways to boost your kids’ self-esteem and creativity while maintaining your own sanity runs toward the run-of-the-mill, but is spot on. You’ve heard these ideas before, or could come up with them yourself given a moment’s peace, but this book is for parents who do not get enough of those moments or conversations with sassy fellow parents.
