I was recently given the opportunity to review the book The Busy Couple’s Guide to Sharing the Work and the Joy courtesy of Tyndale Media.
About the book
Are you married to your housekeeping opposite? Feeling overworked and underappreciated? Struggling to agree on how a house “should” be run? America’s Family Manager and award-winning author Kathy Peel can help! In The Busy Couple’s Guide to Sharing the Work and the Joy, Kathy offers a much-needed look at a common area of division between couples: running a household. You’ll find tools to fairly divvy up parenting and household duties; teambuilding techniques for surviving and thriving amidst financial downturns; and steps to growing stronger in your faith as a family. Plus special “advice to guys” in each chapter from Bill Peel! This book is packed full of empowering steps you can take today to restore joy to your marriage, order to your home, and peace to daily life.
From this book, you will earn:
- ways to reconnect the ties that bind when life tugs you in different directions
- tools to fairly divvy up “yours, mine, and ours” for parenting and household duties
- guidelines to negotiate his-and-her preferences for money management, holiday celebrations, and other touchy issues
- steps to stronger faith as a couple and family
- advice for men on mistakes they can avoid — from Bill Peel
Product details
- Paperback: 256 pages
- Publisher: Picket Fence Press (December 3, 2009)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1414316208
- ISBN-13: 978-1414316208
- Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6.6 x 0.6 inches
Get your copy today from Amazon.
About the Author
Kathy Peel is founder and CEO of Family Manager, a company that trains women in the art of family management. She has written 21 books, selling more than 2 million copies. Her latest works are The Busy Couples Guide to Sharing the Work and the Joy, The Busy Mom’s Guide to a Happy, Organized Home (winner of the 2009 Gold Mom’s Choice Award) and Desperate Households. She is AOL’s Kids & Family Coach, and she contributes to many publications, including FamilyFun, Parents, Woman’s World, Family Circle, and HomeLife. A popular speaker and media personality, Kathy’s Family Manager makeover stories have appeared on programs such as Oprah, The Early Show, The Today Show, and HGTV.
The Busy Couple’s Guide to Sharing the Work and the Joy is a great book for couples! Each chapter of the book goes through different areas from time managment and schedules to managing yourself. You will see great advice on managine your family dinners among other things and there are little tips, quizes, and charts throughout the book to help you out. Not every family has the same situation when it comes to working, some families have one person working and some have both working, and there’s always someone who gets stuck with more work around the house than the other and many times we feel that it’s just not fair. This book has some great section to help with these problems. When you are done reading, be sure to give it to your significant other to read it over too! A definite must have!
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I wish that this book would have been a pre-req prior to getting married. It would have saved us from getting into a fight or two ;-)
I am so lucky to be married to my husband, Tony. We definitely share the work in our home – inside and out. Actually, I guess, he probably does more since he takes care of the yard with minimal help from me. I think I would like to read the book though. Sounds good and a good addition to a newlywed’s library.