If you're like me, you're going to devour any decent material on step-parenting or parenting in general that you can find. I've found that books based on the stepmother or step-parent side of things are somewhat convoluted and don't fully define what you will do as a parent in your own right. After all, you are a parent now and you have your own, individual relationship with your stepchild.
And whether you are a full-time or part-time parent, being a leader to children from broken homes is different. It's profound in a special way. It requires additional emotional fortitude and energy. It is simply different.
So I considered myself as a parent and chanced upon the following books that combine a simple, loving approach with a respect for others and for the world around us.
The Childhood Roots of Happiness by Edward M. Hallowell, MD (2003)
Again, this book embraces a simple approach to thoughtful parenting.
The Creative Family by Amanda Blake Soule (2008)
This book is all about getting back to the basics of parenting. In it Soule details some really basic crafts that are meaningful and part of a larger embrace of simplicity and love of nature and life in general. Fell in love with this book when I checked it out of the library and immediately ordered it and earmarked it thoroughly.
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