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    <body><![CDATA[I'm so happy I found this book! Reading this has helped me understand my son so much better, and at the same time, I've discovered a lot of things about the other members of our family and myself as well. We're all very sensitive (not only emotionally) and reading this book has helped me realize the...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/50197435">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This is the third time I've checked this book out of the library.  The author has plenty of insight into raising a sensitive child, and her discussion of family dynamics is  spot on. As a mother of a highly sensitive daughter, I appreciate this resource. The sections on discipline and communicating ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/46648901">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I started this book with the hopes to better understand my son. However the 10% devoted to highly sensitive parents applies more to me that the 90% devoted to sensitive children applies to my son. I will need to read Highly sensitive people soon. ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This book has taken me forever to get through (2 separate check outs from the library!), I think because I have a hard time read psychological-type books.  That said, the book was very helpful and very insightful both for me as a highly sensitive person and for raising my daughter who is a highly se...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/8192852">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This was an interesting book, but I thought it was a little better on the &quot;what&quot; - the definition of someone who is highly sensitive, what that means, how to recognize it - than the &quot;how&quot; of how to deal with them.]]></body>
    
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