Between Mom and Me By Katie Clemons: Book Review

Between Mom and Me: A Mother and Son Keepsake Journal

I am a homeschooling parent who tries to work journaling into our studies at least once per week. Last school year, we did the traditional composition books with space for a picture at the top. However, that became very monotonous so I was on the search for something more fun, engaging, and ever changing for this year. I hit the nail on the head with this! I loved that it made journaling a give and take between my son and I, and when I asked him what he thought he was really excited about it. We're over 12 weeks in now, and it has most certainly lived up to both of our expectations. At the beginning of the book, you choose how you want to go about it and who can read it. We kept ours top secret between just the two of us, and that makes it even cooler. It's like passing notes with a friend at school. We're always thrilled to see what the other has to say. It's fun! I hope he looks back on it one day and sees how much I love him and worked to make his education and our communication with one another so special.
 
I love this! I use this with my 9yr old son. We needed something like this as he is the oldest of four children, and while he never complains, I sometimes feel like so much of my attention is given to feeding and diapering and tending to the needs of the smaller children that we don't connect as much. This is a perfect way to keep a more intimate connection, and has a lot of fun journal prompts. It makes him feel special to have this "private" journal with mommy and keeps communication open between us when I would otherwise get one-word, general answers.

Product details

• Age Range: 8 - 13 years
• Grade Level: 3 - 8
• Paperback: 144 pages
• Publisher: Sourcebooks Jabberwocky (March 1, 2019)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 149269357X
• ISBN-13: 978-1492693574
• Product Dimensions: 5.8 x 0.5 x 8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.5 ounces

Great opportunity to have something between mom and son. Taking one star because of questions of mom asking the son for his internet and social media usernames - If the child is doing this book, yet old enough to be on social media, the parent should already know it. However for many, the child using this isn’t yet using their own social media accounts