{"product_id":"breaking-the-good-mom-myth-9781443427678","title":"Breaking The Good Mom Myth","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom leading parenting expert Alyson Schafer, Breaking the Good Mom Myth breaks down personal and cultural myths about motherhood while empowering mothers everywhere \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs a psychotherapist and parenting expert, Alyson Schafer has worked with a great many mothers who, in the quest to be \"good mothers,\" have ended up on the doorstep of despair. Alyson is a fresh-fifty suburbanite and working mother of two, and she can speak to these issues both personally and professionally. This book explains the psycho-social phenomena of how each person creates their own unique \"good mother myth\" and then examines why these myths are not only faulty, but could in fact lead to poor parenting, marital disaster and individual crisis.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlyson Schafer offers up ideas for how the reader can reject her current \"stinky thinking\" and instead adopt a more useful outlook to improve her situation. The story arc allows readers to identify and then project how their parenting may be unknowingly going off the rails. The goal of this book is to provide parents with some basic education and a means of self-discovery. Readers uncover their own good mother myths and are given an eye-opening glimpse into potential issues to challenge their thinking. A great sense of empowerment is restored as mothers become better able to resist the pulls of their personal and cultural myths, and instead begin parenting with greater intention and in ways that are more suitable to proper child guidance.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSchafer, Alyson:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \"\u003cp\u003eAlyson Schafer, M.A. Counseling, B.Sc., O.A.C.C.P.P. A.A.M.F.T.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlyson Schafer is a psychotherapist and leading parenting expert. She has an active speaking career and is a mainstay for parenting interviews on radio, television and print properties, including \u003cem\u003eThe Montel Show\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eGlobe and Mail\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eCosmopolitan\u003c\/em\u003e magazine, among many others. Alyson is in her fifth season as the host of \u003cem\u003eThe Parenting Show\u003c\/em\u003e, a one-hour live call-in show that is top-ranked in its time slot. She holds a Masters of Arts - Counseling from the Adler School of Chicago, an Honours Bachelor of Science from the University of Waterloo, and is a member of the American Association of Marriage and Family Therapists (AAMFT) and the Ontario Association of Consultants, Counselors, Psychometrics and Psychotherapists (OACCPP).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlyson's books \u003cem\u003eBreaking the Good Mom Myth\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eHoney, I Wrecked The Kids\u003c\/em\u003e are national best sellers.\u003c\/p\u003e\"","brand":"Collins","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51690609443090,"sku":"9781443427678","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_f0b824b4-76cf-4175-8a24-bf60411da457.jpg?v=1761741374","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/breaking-the-good-mom-myth-9781443427678","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}