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Summary: A Great Resource
Review: As an author and educator, I was inspired by this book. It's insightful and practical. It gives details on the underlying psychology that affects children and the adults who raise them. If you like this book, you might be interested in my recent book, Tips and Tools for Getting Thru to Kids.
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Summary: A Great Resource
Review: As an author and educator, I was inspired by this book. It'sinsightful and practical. It gives details on the underlying psychology that affects children and the adults who raise them. If you like this book, you might be interested in my recent book, Tips and Tools for Getting Thru to Kids.
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Summary: I now have Peace
Review: Giving the Love that Heals is a book that finally gave me peace. By this I mean it helped to heal the problems from my past and gave me inner peace, and it helped me to deal with my teenage son that I was always fighting with, so now I have peace in the home. This was a book a could not put down once I started to read it. My children and my husband noticed a diffrence in my parenting technique's right away. I have made a conscious effort to see the things in my children that delight me, and not to dwell on the things that they do that are sometimes disappointing. This book taught me that the wounds from my past that I had not dealt with had power over me. Once I dealt with the past, then I realized I could handle the future. Now my future with my husband and children is very bright, and I know I can handle pretty much anything life has to offer me. This is a book I would recommend to everyone. Thank you for the peace in my life and in my heart. Kim Poliacik
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Summary: I now have Peace
Review: Giving the Love that Heals is a book that finally gave mepeace. By this I mean it helped to heal the problems from my past and gave me inner peace, and it helped me to deal with my teenage son that I was always fighting with, so now I have peace in the home. This was a book a could not put down once I started to read it. My children and my husband noticed a diffrence in my parenting technique's right away. I have made a conscious effort to see the things in my children that delight me, and not to dwell on the things that they do that are sometimes disappointing. This book taught me that the wounds from my past that I had not dealt with had power over me. Once I dealt with the past, then I realized I could handle the future. Now my future with my husband and children is very bright, and I know I can handle pretty much anything life has to offer me. This is a book I would recommend to everyone. Thank you for the peace in my life and in my heart. Kim Poliacik
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Summary: A must read for any parent that loves his or her child.
Review: Harville Hendrix and his wife, Helen, write with humor, humility, and humanity. They offer parents a clear and simple (albeit challenging) plan for developing caring, compassionate, competitive and courageous children. Read it and use it to give your children one of the best gifts in life--- a great start in life. Perhaps Dr. Hendrix's greatest accomplishment is in becoming to readers the loving and wise father and mother that he was cheated from when they both died by the time Harville was six years old.
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Summary: A must read for any parent that loves his or her child.
Review: Harville Hendrix and his wife, Helen, write with humor,humility, and humanity. They offer parents a clear and simple (albeit challenging) plan for developing caring, compassionate, competitive and courageous children. Read it and use it to give your children one of the best gifts in life--- a great start in life. Perhaps Dr. Hendrix's greatest accomplishment is in becoming to readers the loving and wise father and mother that he was cheated from when they both died by the time Harville was six years old.
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Summary: Lots of Psycho Babble that says nothing
Review: Harville Hendrix's book, Getting the Love you Want was fantastic--likely the best book on relationships ever. However this book on child rearing is awful. Let me explain why.... The book is loaded with psycho babble and politically correct themes that mean nothing. If you read chapter 1 and Chapter 2 and then ask yourself, what did I learn? You will have to say, uh.. nothing. Chapter 3 is where it should start getting interesting, and although the topic "unconscious parenting" is a good one, there is too darn much fluff.Getting the Love You Want was short and to the point. I think this book, Giving the Love that Heals, could have been 1/3 the length of what it is. We are a busy people, and shouldn't have to put up with writing that says nothing. This drives me crazy! I am sure there is something worthwhile in the book, but believe me, you have to skim it quickly to get to those points.
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Summary: Lots of Psycho Babble that says nothing
Review: Harville Hendrix's book, Getting the Love you Want was fantastic--likely the best book on relationships ever. However this book on child rearing is awful. Let me explain why.... The book is loaded with psycho babble and politically correct themes that mean nothing. If you read chapter 1 and Chapter 2 and then ask yourself, what did I learn? You will have to say, uh.. nothing. Chapter 3 is where it should start getting interesting, and although the topic "unconscious parenting" is a good one, there is too darn much fluff. Getting the Love You Want was short and to the point. I think this book, Giving the Love that Heals, could have been 1/3 the length of what it is. We are a busy people, and shouldn't have to put up with writing that says nothing. This drives me crazy! I am sure there is something worthwhile in the book, but believe me, you have to skim it quickly to get to those points.
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Summary: Ugh.
Review: I had been told this book supposedly cuts through some of the junk that books of this type suffer from, and was looking forward to it because of that. Unfortunately, it managed to completely dash my hopes on the jagged rocks of inanity. Maybe my expectations were too high, but I was completely disappointed in the lack of practicality in this book. Sure to be a big winner with the intelligentsia in the psychiatric / psychological communities; but every bit as sure to be a loser when it comes to giving solid, practical advice to normal, everyday parents like me.
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Summary: Ugh.
Review: I had been told this book supposedly cuts through some of thejunk that books of this type suffer from, and was looking forward to it because of that. Unfortunately, it managed to completely dash my hopes on the jagged rocks of inanity. Maybe my expectations were too high, but I was completely disappointed in the lack of practicality in this book. Sure to be a big winner with the intelligentsia in the psychiatric / psychological communities; but every bit as sure to be a loser when it comes to giving solid, practical advice to normal, everyday parents like me.
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