Cleaning House by Kay Wills Wyma

Cleaning House: A Mom's Twelve-Month Experiment to Rid Her Home of Youth EntitlementCleaning House: A Mom's Twelve-Month Experiment to Rid Her Home of Youth Entitlement by Kay Wills Wyma
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

It is always a bit of a relief when I read about the experiences of other parents in the same boat as me. Wyma writes about her desire to assist her children in becoming more self reliant and productive citizens. Like most initiative involving children and teenagers, mixed results are to be expected.

Wyma writes from a first person point of view and shares her successes and less than successes in a candid fashion. We see what works for her and where her family balks. The take away from this should be, not that Kay Wyma has all the answers and her way of doing this experiment is going to work for everyone, but that the concept of making changes, positive changes, no matter how old our kids are or how ingrained their habits are, is possible.

This book is definitely geared toward a specific audience, so if you are not a parent with younger children, this may not be as interesting or applicable. If your kids are too young to really be productive in society, this could serve as a caution and reminder.

Overall a good book with, at least for me, a very relevant subject matter.

Favorite aspect: realizing that several of the positive changes Wyma implements during her experiment are things my family is currently doing. I guess we are not that far behind after all and there is hope for us yet.

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