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    <body><![CDATA[By the end of the year we're going to have a child, so I thought I better start learning <em>something</em>... I am barely halfway into the book, but so far, so good. Yes, it is fairly light reading--but sometimes that's a good thing;-) Light doesn't always entail you can't learn a thing or two (or ten or fi...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/23977598">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[liked the ideas presented but some of them are more ideals than practical ideas. still, i think if all parents wold read it, at least they would have more tools for parenting and maybe we would have a generation of children who grow up more balanced and socially adept. ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I think this was really helpful for me to understand how and why my children respond the way they do to my style of parenting... now if I could just get better at parenting them the way that is best for them.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I've learned a lot about being flexible with my parenting style.  I think alot of the book had common sense advice but still great reminders.  I especially liked the last two chapters on focusing on what qualities are most important to you in your family.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[By no means what I expected!]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[<strong>From Dr. Phil's Letter to Parents:</strong><br/><br/>I want to talk to you about family: yours and mine. I know and feel that as parents, you and I share some very important priorities. Just like you, I love my family more than anything in this world and I want us all to be safe, healthy, happy and prosperous in everything we do both within our family and as we go out into the world. Cynics will tell you that in our fast-paced society &quot;family&quot; is becoming obsolete, that it is just an old-fashioned, lost concept, getting buried in a busy world of &quot;enlightened&quot; people. I'm here to tell you that that is not right, not even close. Family is even more important today than in generations past, and its erosion is unacceptable. This is a fight we can and must win. This is a fight we will win if we just do our homework and plug in. <br/><br/>What I intend to do in Family First is tell you with great precision what you need to stop doing and what you need to start doing to lead your family with such a pure purpose and power that the competing messages and influences are drowned out. I plan to help you define success and then take the steps to create and claim it for you and yours. Your children are the stars in your crown and it is time for them to shine; it is okay for them to shine and, if you do your job, shine they will. <br/><br/>-- Dr. Phil]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[What a schmuck (me--for even picking this book up for free). It's clearly written to capitalize on his new notoriety and is largely repetitive soapboxing of arrogance interspersed with DUH! common sense. Some narrow-sighted 'quizes' are also included. He had a couple of points that were good reminde...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5047877">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Lots of exersizes &amp; assessment solutions for specific problems &amp; the steps you need to take.  How we as parents are our childrens models &amp; the fact that most of us are failing at this. Mostly the book has a lot of good sound advice, some I did disagree with.  Like for example if the parents are neat...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/14542953">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[Family First: Your Step-by-Step Plan for Creating a Phenomenal Family]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[I have had this book for a while but didn't start reading it diligently until recently.  Watching Fast Times at Ridgemont High with my mommy eyes while folding load after load of laundry was alarming.  I decided I need to start yesterday if I don't want my kids to turn out like those characters!]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Do not discount this book just becuase it is written by Dr. Phil. I personaly think his show has gone to pot and that he has fallen the way of dumb talk shows that I refuse to watch --that said I agree with lots in his book. He has some good ideas for help with raising your kids.  ]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[<strong>From Dr. Phil's Letter to Parents:</strong><br/><br/>I want to talk to you about family: yours and mine. I know and feel that as parents, you and I share some very important priorities. Just like you, I love my family more than anything in this world and I want us all to be safe, healthy, happy and prosperous in everything we do both within our family and as we go out into the world. Cynics will tell you that in our fast-paced society &quot;family&quot; is becoming obsolete, that it is just an old-fashioned, lost concept, getting buried in a busy world of &quot;enlightened&quot; people. I'm here to tell you that that is not right, not even close. Family is even more important today than in generations past, and its erosion is unacceptable. This is a fight we can and must win. This is a fight we will win if we just do our homework and plug in. <br/><br/>What I intend to do in Family First is tell you with great precision what you need to stop doing and what you need to start doing to lead your family with such a pure purpose and power that the competing messages and influences are drowned out. I plan to help you define success and then take the steps to create and claim it for you and yours. Your children are the stars in your crown and it is time for them to shine; it is okay for them to shine and, if you do your job, shine they will. <br/><br/>-- Dr. Phil]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[I felt this book was aimed more at fixing split/blended families, and not so much as improving on the first going around.  There is alot of hype behind Dr. Phil and I think this was slapped together to address some of the same crap he see's/deals with on shows like Oprah.]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[<strong>From Dr. Phil's Letter to Parents:</strong><br/><br/>I want to talk to you about family: yours and mine. I know and feel that as parents, you and I share some very important priorities. Just like you, I love my family more than anything in this world and I want us all to be safe, healthy, happy and prosperous in everything we do both within our family and as we go out into the world. Cynics will tell you that in our fast-paced society &quot;family&quot; is becoming obsolete, that it is just an old-fashioned, lost concept, getting buried in a busy world of &quot;enlightened&quot; people. I'm here to tell you that that is not right, not even close. Family is even more important today than in generations past, and its erosion is unacceptable. This is a fight we can and must win. This is a fight we will win if we just do our homework and plug in. <br/><br/>What I intend to do in Family First is tell you with great precision what you need to stop doing and what you need to start doing to lead your family with such a pure purpose and power that the competing messages and influences are drowned out. I plan to help you define success and then take the steps to create and claim it for you and yours. Your children are the stars in your crown and it is time for them to shine; it is okay for them to shine and, if you do your job, shine they will. <br/><br/>-- Dr. Phil]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[I kinda like Dr. Phil.  He's practical.  I don't always agree with how he says things.  &quot;You gotta chase that skunk into the hole, ride the dog in and chase your grandma!&quot;  What?  Ok, so he didn't really say that, but that stuff is there.  I liked the book.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Practical and yet over the top the way that only Dr. Phil can be. Many helpful insights - even if you don't have a &quot;problem&quot; child or &quot;dysfunctional&quot; family. I found this book to be a positive learning experience and look forward to applying the methods to my family.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I got almost halfway through this book but then I started reading something else and got away from it. Now it's been too long so I've taken it off my currently reading list and put it back on my to-read list and then I'm going to start over at some point.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Why is this man so popular? He says nothing of substance. The only reason I read this book is because Border's gave it to me free during a pre-motional period. Who am I to look a free book in the face?]]></body>
    
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