Book #42: BE THE MOM - Tracey Lanter Eyster

Everyone tries to tell you how much your life will change once you have children.

However, until you have children you can't fully comprehend how much your life will change.

be the mom: overcome attitude traps and enjoy your kids is a wonderful book to give any and all the Moms in your life.

From the moment they place your beautiful baby in your arms the race begins, or so it seems.

Everyone seems to have an opinion on how to raise your children.

How to and how not to do basically everything under the sun.

It can be overwhelming if you allow it to be.

With all that said it's easy to fall into 'traps' of what we thing a MOM is.

Tracey highlights 7 Mom Traps in her book.

She gives examples to assist us in identifying them and explains how we can best avoid or escape each trap.

The 7 Traps Include:

1. Just-a-Mom Trap: Is this it...really?

2. Me Mom Trap: It's my way or else, people!

3. Martyr Mom Trap: Another cold meal for me.

4. Busy Mom Trap: Supermom to the rescue!

5. Mirror Mom Trap: Who's the fairest?

6. Tomorrow Mom Trap: Tomorrow is another day.

7. They Say Mom Trap: You know what they say!

I know that I am at risk for falling into the 'Busy Mom Trap' someday, but knowing that NOW means that I can work hard to avoid it.

Eyster's book points out where we as Mom's can falter.

We are all humans, none of us perfect, none of us all knowing.

She reminds us that our main goal is to be the Mom to our children that God expects us to be.

So yes, everyone will tell you how to raise your children and my best advice for that is...

...listen to them.

Take notes and file them away in the back of your brain.

Someday when you are at your wits end you might remember something someone told you that worked for them and it might just work for your situation too.

OR...

It might be a colossal mistake and you'll be floundering to figure out something else.

Either way there is no guidebook that will tell you how to raise your children.

Being that every child is different, every family is different, and yes, every Mom is different, we all have to learn what is best for our families.

On that note, I encourage all Moms to grab a copy of this book and read it.

Find out if there are any traps your falling into and rebuke them!

Eyster's point in writing this book was to show us where we can get tripped up and to teach us that all we really need to do is check our attitudes at the door and learn to enjoy our roles as Moms.

Laugh, Learn, and Love who you are and who your children are. 

This is a season, as I've learned, and it will fly by in the blink of an eye.

So with the holidays right around the corner, I encourage everyone to grab a copy of be the mom and stick it in the stocking of a Mom you love.

I know I'll be re-reading my copy.

Possibly every year.

Just so I can be reminded that there is no perfect parent, just loving ones!

I hope you have a Blessed Saturday!

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