| Motherhood |
| Mothers -- Psychology. |
| Maternity |
| Moms |
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Searching... Holmes Public Library | PARENT SHELF 646.7 ZIE | PARENTING | Searching... Unknown |
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The ultimate must-read handbook for the modern mother: a practical, and positive tool to help free women from the debilitating notion of being the "perfect mom," filled with funny and all too relatable true-life stories and realistic suggestions to stop the burnout cycle, and protect our kids from the damage burnout can cause.
Moms, do you feel tired? Overwhelmed? Have you continually put off the things you need to do for you? Do you feel like it's all worth it because your kids are happy? Are you "over" being a mother? If you answered yes to these questions, you're not alone. Parents today want to create the ideal childhood for their children. Women strive to be the picture-perfect Pinterest mother that looks amazing, hosts the best birthday parties in town, posts the most "liked" photos, and serves delicious, nutritious home-cooked meals in her neat, organized home after ferrying the kids to school and a host of extracurricular activities on time.
This drive, while noble, can also be destructive, causing stress and anxiety that leads to "mommy burnout." Psychologist and family counselor Dr. Sheryl Ziegler is well-versed in the stress that moms face, and the burden of guilt they carry because they often feel like they aren't doing enough for their kids' happiness. A mother of three herself, Dr. Z--as she's affectionately known by her many patients--recognizes and understands that modern moms are all too often plagued by exhaustion, failure, isolation, self-doubt, and a general lack of self-love, and their families are also feeling the effects, too.
Over the last nineteen years working with families and children, Dr. Z has devised a prescriptive program for addressing "mommy burnout"--teaching moms that they can learn to re-energize themselves and still feel good about their families and their lives. In this warm and empathetic guide, she examines this modern epidemic among mothers who put their children's happiness above their own, and offers empowering, proven solutions for alleviating this condition, saving marriages and keeping kids happy in the process.
Reviews (4)
School Library Journal Review
Born to a teenage single immigrant mother in New York City and then raised in a blended family in upstate New York, Ziegler, a child psychologist and mother of three, brings a variety of perspectives to the table on the issue of the stresses of modern parenting. The author points out that parents feel more pressure than ever owing to busyness and its resulting isolation, the lack of support networks in a world where extended family is often across state lines instead of next door, social media, and the need to find perfect options for everything from preschool to cloth diapering. Throw in career demands and the constant mobility of the current culture and results can range from emotional to physical maladies that put marriages, health, and children themselves at risk. Ziegler shares case studies from her practice in the beginning of each chapter and includes a fun quiz parents can use to gauge their stress in varying areas. Each chapter also includes a prescription plan designed to fight mommy burnout, including strategies such as compartmentalizing your life, creating emotional boundaries, and adding unstructured time to both your own and your child's day. VERDICT Mommy burnout is a common buzzphrase, and Ziegler's book provides a sound resource for anyone struggling in the trenches of parenthood.-Julia M. Reffner, Richmond, VA © Copyright 2018. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Publisher's Weekly Review
Psychologist Ziegler's superb self-help guide diagnoses "mommy burnout" as a distinctive syndrome of women being mentally and physically exhausted from chronic stress, distinguished from anxiety and depression by being entirely culturally and environmentally based. Thus, Ziegler reassures her audience, the problem is fixable by understanding it and making appropriate lifestyle changes. The book's core advice includes rebuilding both female community networks and close friendships, avoiding overtending to kids, and resisting the urge to multitask and rely on "busy-ness" to feel significant. Grounding each chapter in the extended profile of an individual client from her practice, Ziegler gives a sense of complexity and realism to her example moms, but doing so sometimes causes her narrative to wander into side topics, such as a chapter on support networks that also dives into a consideration of special-needs children, relationships with adult children, and spirituality. The book has compassion and solutions for women on both sides of the working/stay-at-home divide, affirming that both routes leave women open to burnout. Most importantly, Ziegler manages to highlight the problems that family stress can cause for long-term health, for both mother and child, without piling additional guilt on readers already feeling judged by the world. (Feb.) © Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.
Booklist Review
Being a parent is a tough job, but according to psychologist Ziegler, being a mother is downright brutal and, for some women, a particular type of inescapable nightmare. After years of providing therapy to families, Ziegler began to see the shape of a distinct condition emerge. Mommy Burnout is different than being simply stressed out, unhappy, or anxious. Through narrative re-creations of sessions with her patients, Ziegler describes the experiences of women suffering from isolation from friends, moodiness and irritability toward husband and children, forgetfulness, social-media addiction, lack of sex drive, and feelings of failure and guilt. Styled as self-help, the book asks readers to identify symptoms, with Ziegler offering detailed suggestions on how to change behaviors for the better. Although this book is well researched and broad in scope of topics, it's written for a singular audience the heterosexual, middle-class mother. Beyond this limitation, the harrowing descriptions of how women are suffering are anxiety-inducing in their own right and may make the reader opt to put down the book and call her therapist.--Spanner, Alison Copyright 2018 Booklist
Library Journal Review
Born to a teenage single immigrant mother in New York City and then raised in a blended family in upstate New York, Ziegler, a child psychologist and mother of three, brings a variety of perspectives to the table on the issue of the stresses of modern parenting. The author points out that parents feel more pressure than ever owing to busyness and its resulting isolation, the lack of support networks in a world where extended family is often across state lines instead of next door, social media, and the need to find perfect options for everything from preschool to cloth diapering. Throw in career demands and the constant mobility of the current culture and results can range from emotional to physical maladies that put marriages, health, and children themselves at risk. Ziegler shares case studies from her practice in the beginning of each chapter and includes a fun quiz parents can use to gauge their stress in varying areas. Each chapter also includes a prescription plan designed to fight mommy burnout, including strategies such as compartmentalizing your life, creating emotional boundaries, and adding unstructured time to both your own and your child's day. VERDICT Mommy burnout is a common buzzphrase, and Ziegler's book provides a sound resource for anyone struggling in the trenches of parenthood. © Copyright 2018. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.