A review by gkj
Everyday Blessings: The Inner Work of Mindful Parenting by Myla Kabat-Zinn, Jon Kabat-Zinn

informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

2.5

Truthfully I was about to give this book two stars, but the lists at the end of the book "Intentionality - Parenting As a Spiritual Discipline" and "Twelve Exercises for Mindful Parenting" were absolutely wonderful!  I would have appreciated an entire book on those subjects, which is what I thought I had with this book originally.  Instead however, the book really reflected on how great of parents they were.  Citing their own experiences as what resulted in their kids awesomeness.  And even though the Kabat-Zinn's and I have both nursed all our children, I found the breast feeding chapter overwhelmingly self-righteous.  I really value Jon Kabat-Zinn's work in the field of mindfulness.  Perhaps this early book was ground breaking in 1997.  Who knows.