[.ca] Mom Central: The Ultimate Family Organizer (ISBN 1568362196)

Sanity Saver!!!:
This book is excellent for organizing scatter-brained parents who find themselves forgetting the simplest things like their kids shirt size to more important things like soccer practice dates or social security numbers. I do agree with other reviewers that this book has alot of information and lists that are not necessary to everyone. I do find them helpful to read as a refresher before a parent/teacher conference or before going out for the evening & leaving my kids with a new sitter. The book is set up for a family with two children. I have three kids but easily remedied this by photocopying the necessary pages, cutting them to fit correctly, and paper clipping them where they are categorized. I also photocopy the babysitter info pages, the weekly planner, and prescription pages. I am always using these so I never write on the book "copy". I save these for my "master copy" so that I don't lose them and they can be photocopied forever! This is my second copy of this book. I bought my first one in 1998. It finally fell apart after my son's rabbit chewed up half the pages. Besides the rabbit, it is a durable and useful book that I recommend for any crazy, busy family. I love my copy.

too much, yet not enough:
I purchased this book a couple of years ago and like most reviewers found the eye-catching cover, the index tabs, bright colors, and the information great. Upon trying to use it, I found that I really only needed a couple of pages out of each section. The Emergency and Medical, Traveling, and Home, Car, & Pet sections are great and I got alot of use and tips from it. But from there on, I really only used a few pages from the other sections. As a teacher I can tell you that the questions in the Children and Family section are good ones and for those w/o children in school already, great info to have before they head into the classroom. But, as with the other sections, it's WAY too much information, and a lot of it is, in my opinion, fluff. I disagree with the whole,"Stay-at-home Mom" v/s "Working Mom" comments. No matter what you do it can be useful. I just think that the best thing to do if you are looking into buying this book is to go the the bookstore and check it out yourself. Maybe you'll have a use for the "entertaining" section(if you've entertained at all you don't need it), but I think that overall, for the unorganized person it's worth the money. But if you are an organized person, you can do this same thing with a 3-ringed binder and your own touches.

This is Great:
I love this book. It helped me get a bunch of scattered infomation into one place. I think that I would be completely lost without this book!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Good Book!!!:
GET THIS BOOK!!! If you're a busy mom, you need this book!!! I have one and I update it two or three times a week and take it with me as often as needed for my son, Joshua. I also have my husband, Steven, looking at it when he needs to know something and I'm not home from work yet.

A Great Resource!!:
Being a military spouse, I need to keep everything as organized as possible and this book helps!!!! I work on mine about 2 to 3 times a week and take it with me when going to the doctor's office or to things concerning my child, since I usually update my book at least once a week. If you're a busy parent, get this book!!! It's the best thing ever.