Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

I recently found this book on one of our bookshelves. As it turns out, my MIL gave it to my husband when he was in his mid-20s. My MIL has always been too intrusive and clingy with my husband and this situation says EVERYTHING about this book. There are a world of books out there that depict the bond between parent and child so much better than this book, ones without a creepy aftertaste. I understand the idea of unconditional love, but this book really unnerves me. I even asked my husband what he thought about it. Turns out, he is really disturbed by the image of the mother who cannot and will not let her son grow up and who slinks into his life. So why does he still have the book? Because of warm feelings about his mom? No. Because it makes him feel loved? No. Because he wants us to have it for our son? NO! He says he would feel really guilty about getting rid of it although it disturbs him. So this book lives in our house thick with feelings of unease and guilt. Yeah, that sounds like a good children's book.