Lose the Guilt, Love Your InstinctsIf the latest breakthrough child-development theory, parenting technique, or child-appropriate diet makes you worry or groan (or just want to lie down for a nap), its time to make way for Momfidence! Paula Spencer, parenting expert and mother of four, provides refreshing, down-to-earth proof that most of the business of raising confident, healthy children involves nothing more complicated that trusting your instincts, using common sense, and above all, hanging on to your humor.Momfidence! is:Using perfect only to describe such wonders as a ripe peach, a cloudless day at the beach, or a husband who does diapers and dinner. . . It has no application whatsoever in describing motherhood. Recognizing that there are appropriate times and places for lying, yelling, threatening, bribing, and saying I told you soSending yourself to time-outpreferably with chocolate and/or your spouse Being completely amnesiac about the days exasperating transgressions when you peek in your childrens bedrooms at night and watch them sleepBased on her popular Womans Day and Parenting columns, Momfidence! explains how obsessing less and winging it more can keep you saneand your kids healthy and happy. Its a hilarious look at perfect motherhood that cuts parents a long-overdue break by reminding us that were not the amateurs herewere all experts, too.From the Trade Paperback edition.