Book(s) Review

How about a quick review of what I'm reading? I just finished this book and really enjoyed it. I bought it on a whim while I was ordering some books for my children, but it was really interesting. Of course, I love reading about Africa! It's written by a lady who lives in South Africa and struggles to relate to the S. African black population beyond being the foreign white woman. It raises some serious issues of being able to relate to Africans when their perception (which is generally true) is that white people don't go hungry. She tells the stories of several people in the book, all true and all interesting.

I am only about a quarter of the way into Sacred Parenting. It is very good and concentrates only on what parents are called to "receive" by parenting. There's no "fix the kid" theories, only "change the perspective of the parents" ideas.

Finally, here are four of the five books recommended to me to aid with my current Julia issues. I have only begun Parenting the Hurt Child and Beyond Logic.

Parenting the Hurt Child is beginning so basic that I don't feel I've read far enough to really gain any insight yet, but I'm encouraged that it's coming. I really like it's summary on why therapy doesn't work unless the therapist is attachment-trained.

Beyond Logic is interesting; I feel it's going to be more practical with older children, so I'm kind of reading it more from a James and Ben view than a Julia view. I am not sure what to think about his theory that children are only driven by love and fear; where does one mesh emotions like jealousy? It seems too simplistic, but I'm keeping an open mind.



Anyone read any of these books that would like to comment?