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    <body><![CDATA[Meh...  Worth a skim if you're a stay-at-home parent (though it's targeted toward moms).  If I had a dollar for every time the author wrote, &quot;When I was an editor at People Magazine...&quot; I'd be rich!  Though Stanton is happy [seemingly:] to be at home with her three children, she doesn't mi...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/67755729">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I thought this was actually helpful for a couple of reasons.  1) I read it during a time of wondering why this stay-at-home thing is getting to be so HARD so I felt some camaraderie with these other parents and 2)it had a few good tips that I hadn't thought of (like if you are the proud owner of a m...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/61079714">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[The best SAHM book I've found. I bordered on being almost offended at times, until I realized the author was pretty much spelling out in grim detail a lot of the things I have been too wimpy to admit to myself.  (Pretty much that this is the hardest, most challenging job EVER!) and that it's ok.  Th...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/56041453">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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