MotherStyles
is one of the most liberating parenting books I have ever read. It is based on the Myers-Briggs personality scale. MotherStyles: Using Personality Type to Discover Your Parenting Strengths is different because it’s about you, the mother, and how to be a good mother without having to change your entire character and personality.There are 2 basic truths that Mother Styles focuses on:
GOOD MOTHERS COME IN MANY STYLES (OR PERSONALITY TYPES)
There is no one right way to be a good mother just as there is no one right way to be a good human being. As mothers we each bring different strengths, interests and values to the job of mothering.
NO MOTHER IS PERFECT.
Unlike many of the other parenting books I’ve read, this one liberated me from the guilt of not being the perfect mother.
Reading MotherStyles
and identifying my mothering style helped me to learn to trust my own innate strengths and to gain confidence as a mom. It has helped me to accept myself warts and all and to focus on my strengths rather than obsess over my imperfections and weaknesses. Reading MotherStyles also helped me to understand my children and husband better now.The chapter on your partner’s personality type and how it interacts with yours was very helpful and helped me to understand my hubby better and appreciate his differences rather than get annoyed by them.
I also found my children’s personality types and realized that it’s okay not to treat them all the same.
The chapter on Recharging Your Batteries (something all mothers need to do) was filled with great advice and it gave me the incentive to drop several outside activities which were draining me.
I would highly recommend Mother Styles to all mothers, especially those who are feeling guilty for not “doing it right.”
The copy of MotherStyles used for this review was kindly provided by the publisher DeCapo Press.
