Overall this book is about Mary's & Martha's approaches to running a household (Luke 10:38-42). Jesus is visiting and Martha is running ragged playing hostess and Mary is at
awe at the foot of Christ. This book is how to balance the Mary&Martha in all of us. We must busily do out household tasks yet stop and enjoy our loved ones and find Christ in them.
We are reading this book for Moms' Group. Chapter 1 is about TOYS. Too many toys and kids don't play w/ them anyhow. Author Tami encourages us to askourselves: do these toys engage the imagination/mind? Can they be stored easily? Less is more. Does it teach values?
Then she speaks of organizing toys and rotating. She has 9 children so this is very important in her household. Limit toys to a specific area of the house, limit the amount of toys (who needs 10 baby dolls?). And best of all: play w/ your kids!
Chapter 2 is on Media: TV, movies, video games, etc. Limit time, content, keep in a common location, check the lyrics, and lol up movie reviews on "plugged in" for appropriateness of movies.
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