cover image You Can Postpone Anything But Love: Expanding Our Potential as Parents

You Can Postpone Anything But Love: Expanding Our Potential as Parents

Randy Rolfe. Ambassador Press, $9.95 (174pp) ISBN 978-0-935019-07-0

The basis of Rolfe's inspirational self-help for parents are 12 ""operating principles'' designed to allow parents to say and do ``the most appropriate thing'' even when they are worried, impatient or angry. These techniques are predicated on the belief that parents should teach children through daily interaction and example, not through lists of rules. Certainly a solid premise, yet a number of the principles as described are so abstract as to remain unclear, even when Rolfe applies them to everyday activities (sleeping, eating, dressing, playing) and common examples of parent-child interaction. Among the principles are spirituality, love, validation, guidance and receptivity. Writing from a spiritual perspective not found in most parenting books, Rolfe offers worthwhile tips on helping children develop positive self-images. October