Mothering From Scratch: Finding the Best Parenting Style for You and Your Family

Find Your Own Mothering Style

Trying to follow someone else's rules for mothering can take the joy out of being a parent. ButMothering From Scratch shows you how to develop your own style that helps you be the best mom foryour kids.

Full of solid biblical truth, this book will help you
· explore your personality and examine your strengths and weaknesses in order to find what works for you
· tap into the resources surrounding you and get mentoring and support from other moms
· push past the fear of change or doing it wrong and allow room for grace in your mothering

I enjoyed the practicalness of this book. I thought the authors gave much hope to moms in their daily job of being the best moms that they can be. At the end of each chapter, there are thought-provoking questions and suggested action plans to put in practice. As long as we are living according to biblical convictions, we have freedom to create our own unique style of parenting based on how God made us and our children and not based on how someone else is doing it.

This book was provided by Bethany House Publishers in exchange for my unbiased review.

About the Author

Melinda Means is a writer, speaker, and mom blogger at Mothering From Scratch (motheringfromscratch.com), as well as women's ministry director at First Alliance Church in Port Charlotte, Florida. Her work has appeared in Focus on Your Child newsletters, CBN.com, In Touchmagazine, and Lifeway's Journey magazine. She is mother to two teenage children, a daughter and a son. She and her family live in Punta Gorda, Florida.

Kathy Helgemo started out as an English teacher after graduating from Florida State University, moved through various other jobs, and landed in her current one as a freelance writer from home. She blogs with Melinda at motheringfromscratch.com. Her blog posts have been featured on thesitsgirls.com, the Women of Faith website, and Parent Society's Mommy Blog Hot List. She and her husband, Ben, have four children and live in Port Charlotte, Florida.