What happens when the tables turn, and an adult gets grounded?

Mom's temper gets her grounded by Dad for a week. This action has the approval of 13 year-old Reyia and her brothers. After all, they'd likely be grounded for similar reasons!

Thing is, they expected her to apologize within the day if not the hour . . . which is what they would've done.
When that doesn't happen, the kids quickly regret siding with Dad.

For discipling Mom means the family has to fend for themselves. Meals, laundry, cleaning up . . . and those chores seem to land solely on Reyia's shoulders. The only thing she's ever done in the kitchen is load the dishwasher once in a while.

Cooking meals? Laundry?

Mom! I need help! Please, apologize!

Moreover, Mom has grounded her car, her truck, and those keys with her. Which means, not only does 17 year-old Reymund not have the use of her car for his dates, Reyia, Rodney, 16, and Ryleigh, 4, have to walk or ride bikes to get to the stables after school to practice for the horse show Saturday.

If Mom continues stubborn, likely, they'll have no way of getting to the horse show either, for Dad works most weekends and doesn't really have an interest in their horsey endeavors anyway.

And way before Saturday, Reyia is fed up with trying to manage household chores along with the rest of her life!

How long will Mom hold out before she tires of solitary confinement? Doesn't she care that Dad's sleeping in his basement mancave?

Yes, Reyia's biggest worry is that her family is about to face a major break up . . .

Mom, please . . . just apologize!

With its lighthearted mix of humor, heart, and family chaos, The Disciplining of Mom is a humorous story of how one family solved more than one problem during one unique week.

Whenever Anita gets the chance, she plays air hockey. She doesn't care if it's on a full size table at the bowling alley or the fairs or if it's someone's tabletop set-just let her at that mallet! She doesn't play in any tournaments, but she thinks it's fun to dream about it as Jeoffrey does.

Anita's been telling stories since she was four and writing them since the fifth grade. In high school she wrote fan fiction and westerns. Usually when she was supposed to be paying attention to the teacher. As she is a lefty, left handed kids are featured in her work.

She's had the pleasure of speaking in classrooms and at workshops about writing in general, ePublishing, and writing as a career.

Anita's currently working on a young adult novel entitled Marooned on Planet EARTH: Book One The Scoville Tragedies and a middle grade time travel novel tentatively called Stagecoach at the Old Gristmill. More Kingsley Twins adventures are being mapped out.

She and her husband have four sons, grown now, and two granddaughters. While in the past they've had furry friends galore-horses, dogs, cats, gerbils, mice, birds, fish and little lizards-their zoo has dwindled to one lone Rat terrier cross named Kai Cei, Yes, she is named for the twins' mom in The Kingsley Twins: Dalton's Last Stand.

Besides reading and writing, she loves to ride horses and bikes; bowling and playing air hockey, hiking on a gorgeous day, and playing card and board games with family and friends.