Mom Central: The Ultimate Family Organizer (Spiral-bound)

by Stacy DeBroff (Author), Marsha Feinberg (Author) "Even the most levelheaded parents find their hearts racing in emergency situations involving family, which makes this Mom Central's most critical list..." (more)
Key Phrases: please see order, day care program, Social Security, Name Address, Occasion Date (more...)

Editorial Reviews

Product Description
Created by two busy moms, and field-tested on families across the country, "Mom Central" contains everything one needs to keep a family running smoothly, incuding checklists, charts, and schedules.

About the Author

MARSHA FEINBERG is a business school graduate who has spent the last seven years as a full-time mom and part-time management consultant to national youth service programs. She is the mom of two children, Rebecca and Charlie, and lives with her husband, David, in Boston. STACY DEBROFF is a lawyer and the founder and co-director of the Office of Public Interest Advising at Harvard Law School. She is the mom of two children, Kyle and Brooks, and lives with her husband, Ron Remy, in Boston. Stacy and Marsha recently created and are co-presidents of Ideas Squared, an innovative company that brings creative ideas to market.

Product Details

• Spiral-bound: 192 pages
• Publisher: Kodansha America (May 10, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1568362196
• ISBN-13: 978-1568362199
• Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 8.8 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.9 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (32 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #481,021 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

31 of 33 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful to have - IF you only have two children!, April 23, 1999

By A Customer

I loved the book, and have referenced it often, but it is a little more tailored towards the working mother than I had anticipated. There is a whole section on Child Care (interviewing potential nannies and such) that as a stay at home mom was completely not relevant to me. The biggest disappointment, however, was the fact that there's only space for TWO children! I am expecting my third soon, and am wondering how to incorporate their information into this otherwise outstanding book. They have lots of lists and places to put information I never even thought of before, and that aspect of this book is great. Just can't believe the authors didn't give any thought to the family that doesn't have 2.5 children (heck, even the .5 child gets short-changed!)

26 of 29 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars too much, yet not enough, March 30, 2002

By A Customer

I purchased this book a couple of years ago and like most reviewers found the eye-catching cover, the index tabs, bright colors, and the information great. Upon trying to use it, I found that I really only needed a couple of pages out of each section. The Emergency and Medical, Traveling, and Home, Car, & Pet sections are great and I got alot of use and tips from it. But from there on, I really only used a few pages from the other sections. As a teacher I can tell you that the questions in the Children and Family section are good ones and for those w/o children in school already, great info to have before they head into the classroom. But, as with the other sections, it's WAY too much information, and a lot of it is, in my opinion, fluff. I disagree with the whole,"Stay-at-home Mom" v/s "Working Mom" comments. No matter what you do it can be useful. I just think that the best thing to do if you are looking into buying this book is to go the the bookstore and check it out yourself. Maybe you'll have a use for the "entertaining" section(if you've entertained at all you don't need it), but I think that overall, for the unorganized person it's worth the money. But if you are an organized person, you can do this same thing with a 3-ringed binder and your own touches.

18 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Sanity Saver!!!, September 13, 2003

By	"korngurl1" (USA) - See all my reviews

This book is excellent for organizing scatter-brained parents who find themselves forgetting the simplest things like their kids shirt size to more important things like soccer practice dates or social security numbers. I do agree with other reviewers that this book has alot of information and lists that are not necessary to everyone. I do find them helpful to read as a refresher before a parent/teacher conference or before going out for the evening & leaving my kids with a new sitter. The book is set up for a family with two children. I have three kids but easily remedied this by photocopying the necessary pages, cutting them to fit correctly, and paper clipping them where they are categorized. I also photocopy the babysitter info pages, the weekly planner, and prescription pages. I am always using these so I never write on the book "copy". I save these for my "master copy" so that I don't lose them and they can be photocopied forever! This is my second copy of this book. I bought my first one in 1998. It finally fell apart after my son's rabbit chewed up half the pages. Besides the rabbit, it is a durable and useful book that I recommend for any crazy, busy family. I love my copy.