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A review by skorchumova
Everyday Blessings: The Inner Work of Mindful Parenting by Myla Kabat-Zinn, Jon Kabat-Zinn
3.0
I picked up this book as a relatively new parent and, as a Buddhist and meditator, I found it helpful and inspiring overall. Oddly, there aren’t many Buddhist and mindfulness books about the parenting or caregiver experience, so I really appreciated this as a guide and a source of inspiration for how to parent consciously.
Three stars mainly for the following reasons:
- It was written a while ago and the authors use some fables throughout that feel dated and quite traditional today.
- There is some heavy-handed prescribing of what’s right and wrong in parenting, which made some sections unnecessarily uncomfortable.
- Also, there are quite a few attempts to highlight how childhood affects adults’ psychology and overall approach to life that are just too superficial.
Three stars mainly for the following reasons:
- It was written a while ago and the authors use some fables throughout that feel dated and quite traditional today.
- There is some heavy-handed prescribing of what’s right and wrong in parenting, which made some sections unnecessarily uncomfortable.
- Also, there are quite a few attempts to highlight how childhood affects adults’ psychology and overall approach to life that are just too superficial.