Title: Obvious and contrived
Review: I loved the title of this book and I was greatly looking forward to reading it based on the reviews. I am an elementary school teacher and I have three children. I constantly read books on parenting and teaching. My family is vegetarian, we do not watch TV, we don't say we "hate" people, we don't allow toy weapons....I don't think in 2011 my family is so unusual. I completely agree with the ideas behind this book. Unfortunately, the tone of the book felt self-congratulatory and every example in the book ended with a rosie, unrealistic finale. I also felt like the book was describing very obvious solutions. I think that modern day, educated parents are not raising children in the way the book describes. Of course we are kind, of course we don't allow small children to watch violent things on TV, of course we respect the earth....I just found the tone patronizing and i guess not very helpful.
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