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# Hands Free Mama: A Guide to Putting Down the Phone, Burning the To-Do List, a...

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Hands Free Mama: A Guide to Putting Down the Phone, Burning the To-Do List, and Letting Go of Perfection to Grasp What Really Matters!

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Adore this book - good in all situations
*by K***H on February 5, 2014*

I love Rachel and have followed her blog and Facebook for quite some time. I have 3 children under 4 (nearly 4, nearly 2, and newborn) and I stay home with them but work from home and am a full-time online student. I'm in my 20's so Facebook, Instagram, and other social media things and texting, etc are just something I've learned to do. Also being an online student and virtual assistant working from home - my computer or phone is often near. I have had a problem since having children with feeling guilty for always feeling busy, always having way too much on my to-do list, always feeling connected to my phone - much like Rachel lists as problems. This book and her blog have had me in tears from time to time because I wrestle with guilt and struggle with balance between family, work, school, and just being me. I decided upon receiving this book that I just needed to take the leap. I've assigned myself times I can be on a computer, doing school or work, I've been putting my phone down and am more hands-on with my kids, I'm still writing to-do lists in fear that I will forget and not do something, but I instead begin each day picking two of the most important things off the list and leaving the others for the next day. It alleviates my anxiety of feeling like there's tons to do and has given me strength to know there's still tomorrow to do the rest. It's been about a month now and I LOVE it... I've not felt this sense of freedom since I first got married 8 years ago. Now is this all due to this book and Rachel? Of course not because you have to want to do something like this (especially when so much of your life relies on electronics), but I can say having this book and reading her stuff makes me feel less alone and more empowered to do it. It reminded me of what was important which is my children and keeps me reminded that other things can always wait. I'm still a work in progress, but this definitely helps.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Essential Book for 2014 Parents
*by K***F on January 7, 2014*

Hands Free Mama is for parents who can’t seem to get enough kid time because of the relentless distractions from all the screens and undone tasks surrounding them. It is for busy parents who continually say to their kids things like “Hurry up!” and “Give me a minute.”This is the book for 2014 parents, the first year in history when every parent and child has a computer, a smartphone, a tablet, a TV, and a host of other screens telling them what to do. We are all bombarded with messages from people who want something via email, social media, telephone, text message, and more. We are distracted by the siren calls of the world, and as a result we are disconnected from each other.Rachel Stafford is the voice of this generation of parents living the digital family lifestyle. Her message is simple. Be the kind of parent who can regularly disconnect from mobile devices and to-do lists in order to connect with your child.As for the style of the book, I would describe it as a combination of personal anecdotes and reflective writing about her conversion from tiger mom to tender mom. She does not slap you in the face and shame you. Instead, she humbly confesses her past failures and brings you into her current lifestyle transformation. She writes from the heart, and her fans adore her vulnerability and her clarity of message. The Hand Free Mama blog is a huge success because she gets in her readers’ hearts and stirs things up that need stirring.Stafford’s target audience is mothers, but fathers, teachers, and grandparents will easily translate her message. As a father, I am moved to make some changes in the year ahead to be a more hands free dad.I have no doubt that this book will make an impact on families this year.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Every person should read this book!
*by M***N on June 7, 2016*

This is a classic. Rachel's soul is so beautiful. I am ever grateful to her for giving me so much more happiness in my life! Thank you, Rachel! You are amazing. Thank you for what you have given me and my family!I bought extra copies for family. I think I will continue to do so until I have flooded my friends and family with this book.This is a life-changing book. Don't be afraid of it. It will make you happier than you have ever been, or at least happier than you are now, I promise (If you do what it says, that is). I read it a bit at a time.I think it has taken me a year to read it because I am ADD and I am at every moment always in the middle of 50 books. It is best that I read it that way, because I took to heart each challenge and took each challenge one at a time, to ponder it. I still have a long way to go.On about February 1st, 2016, I quit facebook. I quit cold turkey and gave 50 groups I had created, the opportunity to take over and admin my groups. I did not need facebook anymore. I am still surviving without it. Quitting facebook really helped me and my family a lot. I was so addicted to it. Now I am into gardening and my kids. Now I give more time to phone conversations with my parents and siblings. Now I converse more with my husband.This is a better way to live for sure!

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