Tarcher It's Ok to Go Up the Slide: Renegade Rules for Raising Confident and Creative Kids

I would love to give this book 100 stars! I have always known what I want my end goal with my children to be- for them to grow into happy, self-sufficient, curious, hard-working adults who help others and stand up for themselves. What I didn't( and still am not sure I do) know is how to get there. This book, and its predecessor have helped me realize that even though my way to parent is not mainstream, is totally acceptable and it has merit. What's more, these books have helped me navigate conflict, helped me stand up for myself and my children. And my girls see me doing so. This example is sooo important. I wan't to do as I say so they'll do as they see! Tips for helping children have helped me in my adult life stand up for the most important human beings in my life. I understand that education lacked in my childhood and I want them to have it. I have for too long "gone with the flow" and been impressed with other moms' ability to "do it all". After reading the Renegade Rules I have realized that I was only impressed with their way of standing up for their own, their ability to portray calmness and stability and to influence me. Kids must play, and kids must resolve conflict, and kids must be bored. I'm now so much prouder of saying that my kids have no idea who Daniel the Tiger is, that my walls are covered in black suns and splashpad pictures that to the adult seem just like squiggly lines. Wonderful wonderful books!

As a preschool teacher, this book reminded me why play based learning is so important for young children. Let children take appropriate risks, give them time to be bored, give them a chance to solve problems in their own. I bought this book because I had a boss who said "We don't allow risky play." After completing the book I was confident to tell her " Well, we should."

Delivered in a flash, great book

An excellent book with chapters on various topics. It encourages parents to reexamine unconsciously-held beliefs that things must be done a certain way, and decide whether we actually agree with the underlying message or the long-term results of doing things that way. This will have a place on my bookshelf for years to come.

Good ideas, but needs more citations or references within the text...otherwise, sounds more like she's just making things up based on her own opinion.