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    <body><![CDATA[Finally!  This has sat on my night stand for four months.  It was my backup book, for when I'd read my main book enough for the day, but then I would fall asleep before I could read a page or two (having a kid will do that!).  So I finally made this my main book.<br/><br/>Good, funny, practical ad...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/19631148">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Funny, insightful, although at times the mocking/arrogant tone made me want to stop reading. I kept reading, however, because I thought his observations and advice spot on.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I really enjoyed this.  Good look at parenting/parents from the outside.  I have a 2 year old and it was good to hear some real advice on dealing with tantrums.  ]]></body>
    
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