If These Walls Could Talk: 5 (Crash Test Parents)

Dont worry about us; were doing just fine.In the parenting world we readily adjust our masks pretend were having a grand old time do anything we can to avoid admitting that sometimes we dont know what were doing sometimes we question our sanity sometimes we think our kids might be breaking us. Judgment is rife and large in the parenting world and we dare not say anything vulnerable lest we be cast into The Bad Parent Camp.Staring down that very judgment Rachel opens up the doors of her home and lets the madness spill into the streets. With her characteristic wit and hilarity Rachel shares her familys most frequent battles (technology time and leaving the house) their failures their pressure points their abundant annoyances and her loudest insecurities as a mother. But even with its ample humor If These Walls Could Talk is a powerful commentary on modern parenting with a hopeful message: were all doing the best we can--and thats enough.If These Walls Could Talk includes humorous essays like: So Much for a Yell-Free Year A Realistic Look at Having a Large Family Welcome to Minecraft Motherhood No Sane Parent Ever Did it All What Silence Means in the Life of a Parent The Madness of Traveling with Children The Mysterious Lure of Screens: a Love/Hate Story 8 Steps that Comprise a Strong-Willed Childs Meltdownand many more.Hailed as The Erma Bombeck of a new parenting generation Rachels fifth full-length book of humor essays will simultaneously amuse and soothe modern parents with the bolstering knowledge that they are not alone.Rachel is the wife of one man and the mother of six young sons who daily give her inspiration for comical essays. Her work can often be found on Huff Post Parents Scary Mommy Babble and Motherly. She lives with all her males in San Antonio Texas.