The Parenting Game Plan - Negotiate, Compromise and Explore the Parenting Journey Together (Paperback)

Have you ever wished you could read someone's mind? Especially your spouse's mind? Although it may not be possible to become a mind reader overnight, you can know your partner's thoughts and feelings about all aspects of child rearing -- "even before the birth of your first child." This workbook promises to: Deliver many example parenting scenarios from before birth through the teenage years for you to think about and discuss with your spouse Stimulate your creative juices in coming up with your own compromises and solutions as a couple, thus preventing many possible future disagreements Procure examples of how couples with different parenting styles have handled each child raising scenario Help you feel closer as a couple as you come up with the answers that are right for your family We don't need experts telling us how to raise our children in a one-size-fits-all manner. We have all the answers we need inside each of us. We just need the right questions to bring forth the answers that are right for us.

And when you're raising kids, you become a planner. You have to in order to stay one step ahead of the kids. And as a planner, you wouldn't embark on a long road trip without mapping your route. This book is a must-have for the most important journey you and your partner will ever make: Parenthood.

A Special Note from the Author: My husband and I were at a restaurant when I was about 6 months pregnant with our first daughter, Tabitha. There was a couple sitting at the table next to us with their young son. In a tantrum, their son threw the ice from his glass onto the floor. The father demanded that he clean it up immediately but the mother interjected and instructed the child not to. The father stormed out of the restaurant and waited for his family by their car. The idea of couple communication about differing parenting styles gave me the idea to write this parenting workbook.