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Tripp Shumake loved anything with an engine. From fixing up hot rods in high school in Glendale, Arizona, to becoming an NHRA champion Funny Car driver, Shumake was born to drive. He was well respected in the racing community for his abilities not only as a driver but also for being the humble, funny, family man he was. Off the track, Shumake was a Christian and deeply involved in his church community. Tragically, on November 13, 1999, Tripp was killed in a hit-and-run accident on his motorcycle. Taken too soon, his friends, family, and fellow racers share their memories and celebrate the life of Tripp in 240 Shorty. "Tripp was a hell of a racer and a really good guy and I don't know if you could ask for more than that." -Don Prudhomme "I know for a fact if Tripp were here today he would ask you one question, 'Do you know Jesus Christ?' -Dave Shupe

When it comes to parenting, sometimes you have to trust your gut. With her first book, "It s OK Not to Share," Heather Shumaker overturned all the conventional rules of parenting with her renegade rules for raising competent and compassionate kids. In "It s Ok To Go Up the Slide," Shumaker takes on new hot-button issues with renegade rules such as: - Recess Is A Right - It s Ok Not To Kiss Grandma - Ban Homework in Elementary School - Safety Second - Don t Force Participation Shumaker also offers broader guidance on how parents can control their own fears and move from an overscheduled life to one of more free play. Parenting can too often be reduced to shuttling kids between enrichment classes, but Shumaker challenges parents to reevaluate how they re spending their precious family time. This book helps parents help their kids develop important life skills in an age-appropriate way. Most important, parents must model these skills, whether it s technology use, confronting conflict, or coping emotionally with setbacks. Sometimes being a good parent means breaking all the rules.

Parenting can be such an overwhelming job that it's easy to lose track of where you stand on some of the more controversial subjects at the playground (What if my kid likes to rough house--isn't this ok as long as no one gets hurt? And what "if "my kid just doesn't feel like sharing?). In this inspiring and enlightening book, Heather Shumaker describes her quest to nail down "the rules" to raising smart, sensitive, and self-sufficient kids. Drawing on her own experiences as the mother of two small children, as well as on the work of child psychologists, pediatricians, educators and so on, in this book Shumaker gets to the heart of the matter on a host of important questions. Hint: many of the rules aren't what you think they are The "rules" in this book focus on the toddler and preschool years--an important time for laying the foundation for competent and compassionate older kids and then adults. Here are a few of the rules: It's OK if it's not hurting people or propertyBombs, guns and bad guys allowed.Boys can wear tutus.Pictures don't have to be pretty.Paint off the paper Sex ed starts in preschoolKids don't have to say "Sorry."Love your kid's lies."IT'S OK NOT TO SHARE" is an essential resource for any parent hoping to avoid PLAYDATEGATE (i.e. your child's behavior in a social interaction with another child clearly doesn't meet with another parent's approval)

Tripp Shumake loved anything with an engine. From fixing up hot rods in high school in Glendale, Arizona, to becoming an NHRA champion Funny Car driver, Shumake was born to drive. He was well respected in the racing community for his abilities not only as a driver but also for being the humble, funny, family man he was. Off the track, Shumake was a Christian and deeply involved in his church community. Tragically, on November 13, 1999, Tripp was killed in a hit-and-run accident on his motorcycle. Taken too soon, his friends, family, and fellow racers share their memories and celebrate the life of Tripp in 240 Shorty. "Tripp was a hell of a racer and a really good guy and I don't know if you could ask for more than that." -Don Prudhomme "I know for a fact if Tripp were here today he would ask you one question, 'Do you know Jesus Christ?' -Dave Shupe