The Low Pressure Guide to Parenting Your Preschooler Book Review

Title: The Low-Pressure Guide to Parenting Your Preschooler

Author: Tim Sanford

Genre: Christian, Parenting, Self-Help, Encouraging, Toddlers,

Plot: In this day and age, more so than any other, parenting is hard. People everywhere you go throw ideas, thoughts, comments, encouragement, discouragement, criticism and so much more. Everyone thinks they can do a much better job at parenting your children than you, especially after they change just that one or two things you're probably doing wrong. Everyone, that is, except for Tim Sanford. He thinks you're doing such a good job that he wrote you a whole book to help you de-stress and reduce the pressure on you to parent perfectly.

Filled with Scripture, encouragement, stories and even more encouragement, this book is exactly what you need if you're feeling the pressure of trying to perfectly parent your precious preschooler.

Likes/Dislikes: After much procrastinating, I finally picked up this book to read. I have a preschooler who gets into way too trouble for someone her size {on top of other issues} and have had my fill of people trying to parent her better than me, so I figured this book would be a nice boost of encouragement. I loved the opening sections on how dads validate and moms nurture their kids, respectively. But after that it got boring so fast. There were six long double-sided pages on why you should stop using the word shouldn't. I understood the general idea behind it but I didn't need six pages to drive it home. I might poke at this book more but I'm leaning toward the did-not-finish pile.

Rating: PG-13 and up, it's a parenting book.

Date Review Written: October 14th, 2017

I received a copy of this book via Tyndale for my honest opinion and I wasn't required to write a positive review. The opinions expressed in the above review are my own.

Coloring Christmas Devotions Book Review

Title: Coloring Christmas Devotions

Author: Lizzie Preston

Genre: Christian, Christmas, Adult Coloring Book

Plot: With the hectic Christmas season approaching, it's a good idea to have a small reminder on hand of what we're truly trying to celebrate this season, but we don't always have the time or bag space for a thick devotional or even our sturdy study Bible. Entire this slim volume of ready-to-color Christmas themed pages. Perfect for slipping into a bag with a few pens or pencils, or for carrying around the house, and definitely ideal for gift-giving!

Each page has a cute picture, most of them very Christmas-y with snowflakes or decorations, some less Christmas-y such as a deer in a field of flowers. And opposite the picture is either a lovely Scripture quote or a simple little one page story to remind us of the Reason for the season. Very cute and wonderful for Christmas.

Likes/Dislikes: I love how small this book is and the paper feels wonderful. I've tried colored pencil which holds up beautifully but not markers yet. My husband flipped through it the day after I received it and called dibs on one cute picture of some birds so I guess it's a hit with men too. And my toddler has discovered coloring books so she thinks it's hers, even though she already claimed one of my bigger coloring books.

Rating: G-all ages. Highly recommended.

Date Review Written: Oct 2nd, 2017

I received a copy of this book courtesy of the publishers for my honest opinion. I wasn't required to write a positive review and the opinions expressed in the above review are my own.