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Chicken Soup for the Parent's Soul: 101 Stories of Loving, Learning and Parenting

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I am the parent of a fifteen year old boy. I love him dearly and he has been an ideal child. But he is fifteen and I am having to deal with the inevitable process of growing apart. My little boy is becoming a man. I am very proud of his sweet nature but lately I have seen it hurt him or cause others to take advantage and it is heart wrenching. I was in one of those sad places that only parents can understand...where one wonders" did i do something wrong. Has my own co-dependant nature spread to him?" The answer is yes but also the acknowledgement that he will have to make mistakes, suffer and thereby grow. ouch!!! Anyway , it was at this moment that I picked up the book and began to read. It was like a soothing warm water began to wash over my aching heart. The stories were so beautiful that I began to beleive in the miracle of parenting including the mistakes and the worries. I started feeling like they were all part of a recipe that made the most incredible love we as humans will ever know. After reading the stories I felt grateful and humbled. I could feel the love and attention that the four authors put into their choices. I recommend this book to everyone. parents, children , grandparents. It is a celebration of this amazing thing called life and the fact that a book can make you realize all of this in such a short time is a small miracle in itself. It is the comfort youv'e been looking for and all for about 10 dollars..

I have spent the last 10 Christmas's trying to figure out what to give my parents. They have the things they need and most of what they want. They alwyas say , please ,spend your money on the children but that doesnt make me feel good. I want to give them something that acknowledges their dedication, love, support and all the things they have given me over the years. Well, I found it. In this book is every story about parenting you could want and more. The authors did an amazing job of giving us assorted situations and emotions so that reading the book is like a trec through all the feelings that come with being and loving a child and children and also that come with being and loving a parent and being one. It covers all angles and therefore is truly as they say...a celebration of parenthood. If you are looking for a gift that says thank you and I love you/ this is it.

This book is filled with delightful, touching stories that will melt your heart and make you remember your childhood. Very similar to the book, Forget Me Knots from the Front Porch, this book will take you home and be a great gift for that certain someone you didn't know what to buy for.

After reading "Chicken Soup for the Christian Family Soul" I decided to buy this book. It is such a wonderful book. Now I know that their are always happy times to be had with your child and that no matter what anybody tells you, you are the most important person in your child's life! This book will make you laugh, cry, and probably want to share all the stories to people around you. This book tells great stories you will want to read over and over again! (After having this book for one day, my 14 month old daughter decided mommy liked this book so much, that she wanted to get her sticky little fingers all over it! I even read the stories to her and she listens =))

I purchased this book at my 7 year old daughters book fair at school. I wasn't sure that I even could read it beacause I've never really liked any books axcept non-fiction mystery kind of things. But I bought it anyway thinking it would give me something to do. Once I started to read it a few days later, I could'nt put it down. The first story made me cry. By the end of the first night, I was halfway through the book. I finished it less than a week later at 1 in the morning. I think it has given me a better appreciation for my own daughter and the situation we are in. I look at being a parent in a different way. Sure, I have always had this overwelming sense of joy and love for her. But now I don't take everyday for granted!

Yet another review I write for this wonderful series of Chicken Soup. Every one I have read is beautiful and heartwarming. This one is no different. I am amazed at how much I laughed and cried my way through this book. I am always excited each time they come out with a new edition!

What a great book. I read the stories so intently that passersby at an airport and a restaurant actually took notice and asked me what I was reading. Very inspirational and humbling.

Ralf Weiser

The "Chicken Soup" series is enormously popular. This book is a wonderful collection of stories from parents about the challenges and rewards of raising a family.

this sucks, thats all i have to say