What do You think about The Book Of New Family Traditions: How To Create Great Rituals For Holidays And Every Day (2012)?
In her second book, Cox continues the discussion from seeking fulfilling traditions (in her first book) and shares all the traditions readers have mailed to her since the first book was published in 1998. These family practices truly run the gamut and Cox has cleverly put the focus on the funky and quirky ways families incorporate rituals in everyday life, rather than on holidays as being the mainstay of ritual. One part of the book was a bit disturbing, for in the chapter about making rituals, instead of acknowledging the ritual recipe-based approach in Barbara Bizion's "The Joy of Rituals" (building rituals from scratch), Cox says "There is no 'Joy of Rituals' cookbook..." Bizion doesn't even get an acknowledgement mention from Cox. Oh, dear. Infighting among ritual writers is not cool. Hence the lower rating.
—Claudia
I found this book to be useful in the world we live in today. How many of us have blended families? Live spread out from one another? Newly married? Had your first baby? Meg Cox gives tips on Traditions that you can start for Holidays, Birthdays and crafts families can do together.Smartphone, Blog,twitter, Facebook, skype ~its covered as ways to stay in touch no matter where you are.You may have family traditions all in place. Read this to expand on special times to remember for your family. I barely scratched the contents of this resource of ideas. Begin to enrich your life and your loved ones.Cyndee ThomasDisclaimer: The opinions are mine and mine alone. I won this "First Reads" book from Goodreads.The Book of New Family Traditions (Revised and Updated): How to Create Great Rituals for Holidays and Every Day
—Cyndee Thomas
The title really explains it well. This book is full of ideas on how to create lasting rituals with your family that are fun and unique. The author polled families to find out how they celebrated holidays, milestones and everyday rituals. It also has websites to visit, informational pages about rituals and holidays and ways to work with blended families, adopted children and different family issues.This is definitely a book that I will be keeping. Not only was it interesting to read, I found several great ideas I want to incorporate with my family. I've dogeared quite a few pages as I read through it.I love the author's style and can't wait to check her website.I received this book free of charge from Goodreads in exchange for my honest review.
—Tima
