Compost Makes the Strawberries Grow: A Mother's Celebration of Parenting - Its Challenges Humor and Rewards

Countless how-to parenting books are on the market. Why yet another? Author Lolita L. Jardeleza relates that after many years of parenting it suddenly dawned on her that a mothers primary function is to help her children discover just how wonderful they are. She also took on the task of sharing her story at the behest of her eleven children who are now parents themselves and want to cherish their children just as they were cherished. Compost Makes the Strawberries Grow is not all saccharine and sweetness; it gets down to the brass tacks of everyday family living. The author tackles a wide range of real-life issues with all the honesty heart and humor of Erma Bombeck. The issues she deals with include sibling power fighting the good fight honesty being kind to others obedience values and cultural literacy. This is a book that treats parenting with gratitude and grace.