The Collapse of Parenting

The Collapse of Parenting By: Leonard Sax 

This book was AMAZING. It has helped open my eyes to some parenting concepts that either I was using or some I was questioning. He covered so many areas and answered a lot of my questions. One was  regarding how much freedoms that kids should get verses how much freedom that they are getting. He also talked about how much schools have changed over the last 20 years and the culture of disrespect among kids and teens today. I learned so much from this book and have started to put into practice what he teaches. Such as spending and enjoying more time with my kids. Turn off all devices and actually have sit down dinners and such. Its amazing the change I have seen in my kids in such a short amount of time by putting these and a few other of his suggestions in practice.

I HIGHLY recommend this book to anyone who is a parent

Almost There

 Almost There By: Farrah Rochon

This was such an interesting take on The Princess and the Frog. I enjoyed seeing more of the dynamic of the friendship shared by Tianna and Charlotte. I also enjoyed the historical significance of life in the late 20s in New Orleans between both the varying classes and races. The character of Tianna seemed to remain fairly similar to that of the movie. But the book added more depth to the characters of Charlotte, Naveen, The Shadow man and even Luis. It also introduced a number of other characters that play an intricate role in Tianna and Naveen's story. This wasn't one of my favorite of the twisted tale series, but I still enjoyed it.