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  " Peppered with humor any parent will appreciate, Bayardelle’s book is a must-have." Literary Titan recently reviewed Clean Your Plate! by Liz Bayardelle and gave it 5 stars. The reviewer writes, in part -- "I love the breakdown the author gives in each chapter. She doesn’t simply tell us the bit of advice; she analyzes the psychology behind why we say what we do to our children. In addition, Bayardelle explains what the research reveals our kids actually hear when we utter those famous words over and over. It’s a fantastic approach to parental reading. One of the most spot-on aspects of Bayardelle’s writing is the parenting-versus-reality tone she takes. Both the writing and scenarios are incredibly relatable and will be appreciated by readers in all stages of parenting." Read the rest of the review HERE . Read more posts about Liz Bayardelle and her books HERE .

  Dr. Liz Bayardelle holds a PhD in business psychology with a strong footing in the practical application psychological research. She serves as a digital consultant. She has written two books published by MSI Press:  Clean Your Plate! 13 Things Good Parents Say That Ruins Kids’ Lives  and (forthcoming)  Parenting in a Pademic . In her own words, Dr. Bayardelle, as a busy, educated, multitasking mother, “runs a household with a teenage stepdaughter, a toddlernado, a newborn baby, two dogs totaling over 200 pounds of poor behavior, and a rabbit the size of a large housecat. She also runs a successful parenting blog ( theStaySaneMom.com ) that has an avid following of mothers who want to be smart, engaged, and thoughtful parents. For more posts about Liz Bayardelle and her work, click HERE .

Parenting in a Pandemic  is the book we all needed and for which we never dreamed we would have to search. Bayardelle breaks down a tremendous amount of information in a short, well-organized, and engaging read. I highly recommend Bayardelelle’s guide to any parent looking to navigate the waters of parenting in this pandemic while waiting patiently on a return to what may be our new normal. 5 stars Read the rest of the review on Literary Titan .  Read more posts about Liz Bayardelle and her books HERE .

  Parenting in a Pandemic (Bayardelle) will be available for free through Kindle promotions Sep 23-Sep 27. For more posts by and about Liz Bayardelle, click HERE . Sign up for the MSI Press LLC newsletter Follow MSI Press on  Twitter ,  Face Book , and  Instagram .   Interested in publishing with MSI Press LLC? Check out information on  how to submit a proposal . Interested in receiving a free copy of this or any MSI Press LLC book  in exchange for  reviewing  a current or forthcoming MSI Press LLC book? Contact editor@msipress.com. Want an  author-signed copy  of this book? Purchase the book at 25% discount (use coupon code FF25) and concurrently send a written request to orders@msipress.com. Want to communicate with one of our authors? You can! Find their contact information on our  Authors' Pages .

  Today's story behind the book is about Parenting in a Pandemic . From the publisher:  When the pandemic broke out, a number of MSI Press authors, specialists in various content areas, answered the call to write a book specifically for the pandemic. In all, 15 books were published to provide help to people suffering in many areas of life as a result of illness, closures, and the stress on a number of systems. Parents had to take on many more responsibilities than before. Schools were not running; doctors were not available; and so on and so forth. Dr. Liz Bayardelle, author of the award-winning book, Clean Your Plate! stepped forward to help. Parenting in a Pandemic is the result -- and it won an award, too. The advice contained in it is equally useful today. Literary Titan Gold Award Read more posts by and about Liz Bayardelle . Sign up for the MSI Press LLC monthly newsletter (recentof  releases, sales/discounts, awards, reviews, Amazon top 100 list, author advice, and more --

  The next book in our pandemic series was released today: Parenting in a Pandemic by Liz Bayardelle, author of Clean Your Plate! Read more posts about Liz and her books HERE .

  Just released --  Clean Your Plate! b y Liz Bayardelle: Parents mean well, we really do. We want our kids to get good grades, stop hitting their siblings, and, yes, clean their plate at dinnertime. It shouldn't be that hard, right? Wrong. Sometimes these harmless sounding statements don't work. Even worse, they often backfire to cause unexpected and unwelcome side effects for us and for our kids. (Just like your prescription for headache medicine may accidentally cause vomiting or make you spontaneously sprout a leathery tail.) This book takes 13 of the most common parent-isms and walks you through the ways they can go wrong, why they could negatively impact your kids, and what you should say instead. Includes parental greatest hits like: - Do You Need Any Money? - Get Straight A's - Don't Be a Quitter - Don't Talk Back (to Your Elders) - Waste Not, Want Not - Be Nice to Your Friends - Give Your Aunt a Hug - Win Your Game Today - Finish Your Homework - Don't H

  Here is the back story behind Clean Your Plate! , provided by author Liz Bayardelle: It ’ s a common joke amongst parents to compare the parent you thought you were going to be (before you had kids) to the parent you actually end up being.  Things you thought you would never do or say become commonplace…because we parents say them for a reason.  When I became a parent and heard some of these things (things many well-meaning, truly good parents say) start coming out of my own mouth, I wanted to do a deep dive on the psychological impact of some of these common  ‘ parentisms ’ .  Why do we tell kids to clean their plate? What effect does telling a child to get straight A ’ s have on their academics?  I wanted to know the answer, and thus this book was born.   Each  chapter is about a different common  ‘parents’  and is presented like the  label on a bottle of prescription medication: you have the reason parents say that specific thing to their kids, what effect it’s  supposed  to have,

Congratulations to Dr. Liz Bayardelle, MSI Press author, for the selection of her book as the finalist in the Nonfiction-Humor category of the Readers' Favorite Book Award competition.  Check out the awards HERE . Find out more about the book HERE .

  Liz Bayardelle was recently interviewed about her book, Clean Your Plate! on Podtail. Take a listen HERE , For more posts about Liz and her books, click HERE .

  Dr. Liz Bayardelle was recently interviewed by WBOC in an article called " Parenting, Business, and Doing Both at the Same Time." To see more posts about Liz and her books, click HERE .

San Juan Books is the hybrid division of MSI Press LLC. It allows first-time writers to become published in a traditional way through the reduction of risk by sharing publication costs. All other publishing features are traditional in nature, and most SJB authors go on to be offered traditional contracts for their subsequent books. SJB publications are available as paperback, hard cover, and e-book versions. SJB authors' books very much hold their own against their contemporaries in the traditional publishing division. Indeed, a number of them have outsold their traditional compatriots. Today, San Juan Books presents author Dr. Liz Bayardelle. Liz published Clean Your Plate! 13 Things Good Parents Say That Ruin Kid's Lives . Her book has earned 5-star reviews and won a gold award from Titan Reviews and a finalist position in the Readers' Favorites competition. Subsequently, Liz was offered a traditional contract for her much-needed book, Parenting in a Pandemic . To see mor

  We are pleased to announce the release of the hard cover edition of Parenting in a Pandemic  (Liz Bayardelle). Read more posts about Liz and her books HERE.                                                                      Sign up for the MSI Press LLC newsletter                           Follow MSI Press on  Twitter ,  Face Book , and  Instagram .

Excerpt from  Clean Your Plate!  (Bayardelle)  -   Chapter 1 Do You Need Any Money?   The trope of Mom or Dad being a child’s ATM has gotten so common it’s not even a funny Internet meme anymore. (And if you’re at all familiar with the Internet, that’s really saying something.) Every parent knows that it’s probably bad just to hand their kid money whenever they want something, but that doesn’t mean we’re actually good at resisting the urge to do just that when the situation arises.  Why We Say It  If it helps assuage your parental guilt at all, this isn’t a bad impulse to have. You’ve spent the entirety of your child’s life trying to provide for all their needs, even trying to anticipate your child’s needs before they even occur so your little kidlet doesn’t have to want for anything. Do any of you moms out there have a purse whose sheer heft equals your body weight due to the abundance of granola bars, spare socks, and just in case toys?3 It’s because you want to make sure yo

  The best can and do say the wrongest with the rightest intention. Liz Bayardelle, parent and expert, explores 13 of these things, ones that every parent will not only recognize but will also catch himself or herself saying from time to time.  Humorous, insightful, and instructive, this book is a must for parents of children of any age! On pre-order; release planned for October.

  Excerpt from Clean Your Plate!  Be Nice to Your Friends [ILLUSTRATION 6, CHAPTER 6 WARNING GOES HERE] As anyone who has ever talked to a toddler can tell you, toddlers can be brutal. Like, soul-crushingly, life-ruiningly frank. There’s a lot of truth to the Internet meme that says “if a woman calls you ugly, she’s jealous; if a man calls you ugly, she’s flirting, but if a kid calls you ugly...you’re ugly.” Kids have absolutely no sense of social niceties. They also occasionally spaz out with small bursts of poorly-controlled demonic meanness of unknown origin. (No, it’s not just your kids. It’s all of them.) Why We Say It The fact that parents across the globe tell their kids to be nice to their friends is entirely unsurprising. We’re terrified our little monsters will alienate their peers and doom themselves to a life of social isolation and misery (sticking us with the therapy bills). However well-meaning this parental plea for our kids to exercise their still-developin