Taming the family zoo

As a mom with nearly forty years experience, and as an educator for over thirty years, I chuckled frequently, cried a bit and reminisced through each chapter of the Brawner's book Taming the Family Zoo. Viewing one's family through the lens of the characters presented is not only refreshing but guilt-relieving and confidence-inspiring..

The Brawners do a wonderful job of helping us understand the different personalities in a family, in a style that is both very insightful and fun. You might call it Myers-Briggs distilled to a family setting, using animal types for personality descriptions that even an elementary school child can understand.