What Every Mom Needs: Meet Your Nine Basic Needs (and Be a Better Mom) - Softcover

Morgan, Elisa; Kuykendall, Carol

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0310219205 ISBN 13: 9780310219200

Publisher: Zondervan, 1998

Synopsis

'When will I ever get time for myself? Do I ever get to be someone besides 'Mom'?' Sound familiar? You're not selfish, you're normal. And with every mother, you share nine basic needs -- significance, identity, growth, recreation, and five others identified by MOPS® (Mothers of Preschoolers) International after more than 20 years of research and experience. Now MOPS authors Elisa Morgan and Carol Kuykendall show you how meeting those needs will not only make you more content--it'll make you a better mom. What Every Mom Needs is not another book on parenting. It's a whole-person approach to balanced living that reveals different ways you, the nurturer, also need to be nurtured. This encouraging, insightful book shares with you: - Your needs and why it's so vital for you to meet them - Personal stories from other moms that will let you know your needs are normal - Building Blocks -- exercises, questions, and practical tips - Mothering Maxims that condense each chapter into a nugget of practical wisdom -- Based on sound biblical principles and responses to over 1,000 questionnaires, What Every Mom Needs will help you expand your personal horizons and become a better mom in the bargain.

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Synopsis:
Flight attendants instruct parents to put the oxygen mask on themselves before helping their children in case of emergency. This is not selfishness or neglect. A parent who can’t breathe is of little help to a child. This same principle also applies in everyday situations. If a mother meets her needs, she will be a better mom. Elisa Morgan and Carol Kuykendall, officers in the national organization, Mother of Preschoolers (MOPS), surveyed 1,000 mothers and have published the results of that research in a new book, What Every Mom Needs. The authors outline nine basic needs of mothers—significance, identity, personal growth, intimacy, instruction, help, recreation, perspective and hope—and illustrate each with a story from real-life experiences. A discussion of why the need must be fulfilled follows, as well as practical "building blocks" for meeting it. Morgan and Kuykendall base their advice on over 20 years of experience with MOPS. Morgan started the organization in 1973, and now it involves approximately 35,000 women in 856 local groups around the country. "Just because we’ve become moms," say the authors, "doesn’t mean we’re finished being children. Or students. Or pilgrims." They hope What Every Mom Needs cultivates the playfulness, learning and searching moms should have while raising preschoolers.

About the Author

Elisa Morgan is President Emerita of MOPS International, Inc., based in Denver, Colorado. She is the author, editor, or coauthor of numerous books, including Twinkle, Naked Fruit; Mom, You Make a Difference! Mom's Devotional Bible; What Every Mom Needs; What Every Child Needs; and Real Moms. Elisa has two children, and a grandchild, and lives with her husband, Evan, in Centennial , Colorado.

About this edition

• Publisher: Zondervan
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0310219205
• ISBN 13: 9780310219200
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 224