I haven’t liked self help book for a long time and I think I realize why. I’ve noticed a lot of them talk about habits career development but completely ignore basic life skills like childraising, cooking and cleaning.
Books talking about success in general rarely consider kids as something that can hugely affect career. A lot of authors mention they have kids but none talk about how it can impact day to day life.
Books talking about building good habits talk about fitness and meditation but rarely about making meal plans, maintaining a clean house or any artistic hobbies.
I am NOT asking for books targeted for women. I am looking for general books which take into account all areas of life without dividing it by gender.
Most of the popular self development books seem to be targeted towards traditional masculine roles and reading them causes subconscious reinforcement of traditional gender roles, resulting in men focusing on certain areas of life but neglecting home and children or not adding them to their habits and routine. And in turn resulting in overworked frustrated women with low self esteem.
by najma_059