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    <body><![CDATA[This book was fantastic!  I kept thinking it was similar to several other books I've read on communicating well with children and then was delighted at the end of the book to find a suggested reading list that included several of the books I had already been relying on.<br/><br/>This book is also ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/75554988">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[My well-worn copy of this amazing book will testify with its softly rumpled pages and nondescript stains to the essential role it played in raising my children. The advice is, in my experience, easy to understand, easy to apply, and absolutely right on target. I love this book so much that I used it...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/24733404">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Dated, but a good primer on communication strategies. The &quot;Talking to the Cyberchild&quot; sections at the end were irrelevant and I skipped them. If you are looking for a communicating-with-kids book, find something more current. I just happened to see this on the shelf at the library.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I thought it was interesting. It helped remind of how to talk more positively to my children - and husband. It's gave me some new ideas too.]]></body>
    
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