Families are weird. At least all the ones I am in, have created, or hang around with. Of course, the popular media offerings we get of families don’t really show what most people experience--they either depict sunshine and nurturing or violence and depravity. We don’t see many movies or shows with people who kind of have good stuff much of the time but still have rough edges that peek out pretty regularly. You know, what your family usually looks like. So, the big, complicated messiness that is family makes official days of celebration a spectrum of experiences and emotions. Today is Mother’s Day, one of those aforementioned official days complete with one of those previously mentioned spectrums. It should be easy, right? Everyone is here because a woman became, again or for the first time, a mother. That’s simple enough, but everything after that moment 
is part of the package, too. The mother-child relationship is the most fundamental of all relationships. Nothing can replace a healthy bond and nothing can compensate for a troubled one. Even if you are fortunate to have a really lovely one, it is still a lifelong push and pull for establishing the right balance of independence and connection. Given all this, it seemed too perilous to choose a mom book for today. But, a book about how weird families are is perfect. Robert Munsch’s Good Families Don’t tackles the expectations and realities of families. Although it’s a Canadian family, so the rules might be different.P.S. Happy Mother's Day to all who care for others.
http://robertmunsch.com/
http://www.amazon.com/Good-Families-Dont-Robert-Munsch/dp/0440405653
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