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 enlarge | Author: Paula Schmitt
Publisher: Wyatt-MacKenzie Publishing
Category: Book
Buy New: $12.95
New (1) Used (8) from $2.10
Avg. Customer Rating:  10 reviews
Sales Rank: 991956
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 124
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 8.1 x 5.2 x 0.3
ISBN: 1932279156
Dewey Decimal Number: 649
EAN: 9781932279153
ASIN: 1932279156
Publication Date: May 1, 2005
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Condition: Direct from Publisher
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 "Real life in the fast lane" May 16, 2005
Paula's book "Living in a Locker Room" made me laugh outload several times. It brought back a flood of memories of raising my own 3. Although my 3 are girls I was able to relate to many of the stories. Paula had a nice way of saying everything I have been through is normal and what all parents are feeling. Thanks Paula for the fun book. I look forward to the next one with "pink ribbons and lace".
Got Boys? Get Paula's Book! May 14, 2005
Paula has hit the nail on the head with this hilarious collection of stories from an all sports mom! Great job Paula! I'm getting this book for my sister who has four boys who all play sports and do lots of fun boy things!
Fun Book May 9, 2005
Schmitt handles her four boys with grace and humor. This is a fun and quick book to read!
Schmitt lays it out on the line-serious, funny & insightful May 4, 2005
What reads like a series of newspaper columns, written by one distraught, yet hopeful mom is a book filled with motherly insight. And not those pretty, painted pictures you're often fed in other parenting books. Schmitt lays it all out on the line - sometimes serious, sometimes funny - but always insightful.
Thinking about tackling the role of motherhood? Already a parent, but tired of all the useful advice? Just want someone to say, "been there, done that. I understand. Here's how it really happens!" Then order a copy of Living In A Locker Room.
Alyice Edrich, editor of The Dabbling Mum.com; where BUSY parents find advice, balance, inspiration, and e-books on earning money from home.
LOCKER ROOM OF LAUGHS May 4, 2005
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
Farts. Sports. Pain. Fighting. Girls. All are things a mother of boys has to deal with on a daily basis. Who would know better about these things than Paula Schmitt, mother to four boys and author of LIVING IN A LOCKER ROOM.
Schmitt, an experienced columnist for Web sites such as JustForMom.com and SanityCentral.com, is no stranger to writing about her boys and can recognize the humor in just about any situation imaginable.
LIVING IN A LOCKER ROOM takes a (sometimes disturbingly) truthful look into the life of motherhood, particularly with boys. Take a journey from birth ("He is a dictator in a diaper. Get used to it" (p. 3)) through mealtime with toddlers ("The wait between ordering and the actual arrival of our food could best be likened to the time it takes for dead turtles to race through molasses in winter" (p. 20)), potty training, road trips, sports, sports and more sports, all the way to driving and beyond, including the toughest of tough subjects:
"Puberty - the final frontier. These are the voyages of the starship Testosterone. Its multi-year mission to explore strange, new girls, to seek out its own cell phone and new socialization, to boldly go where all men have gone before!" (p. 96)
Join Schmitt as she cheerfully goes with the flow of her young men, at times delighting in their rambunctious, mile-a-minute behavior, while at other times stubbornly trying to maintain her own femininity while drowning in a sea of testosterone.
LIVING IN A LOCKER ROOM is at times laugh-out-loud humorous, especially for anyone who's tried to raise boys. Schmitt is able to take everyday situations and point out how not every day they really are when four boys are added to the mix. She uses understatement to make her husband a hilarious addition to the mayhem and makes the reader wonder just what kind of supermom she must be to handle such constant motion and craziness around her.
Nearly every aspect of this book is pleasing, from the sweet cover photo of her and her very own basketball team of sons, to the unique method of titling each chapter. Anyone looking for pointers or tips on maintaining sanity and order in a houseful of boys may be disappointed, but someone looking for a comrade who's "been there, screamed in horror at that," will be delighted with their choice in reading.
LIVING IN A LOCKER ROOM will make a great gift for the busy mom of boys in your life, as well as anyone expecting a tiny bundle wrapped in blue in the near future. It would make a great gift from a son to a mother, perhaps on (hint, hint) Mother's Day. Schmitt promises an entertaining and funny read and does not disappoint.
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