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_mac_'s review against another edition
informative
medium-paced
3.5
This book should have been a long blog post. It is more of a commercial enterprise for promoting the author's business than a real book. With that said, the recommendation that is given in the book (to set aside regular, quality 1:1 time with your children) is valuable and something that I start doing regularly after reading the book.
noodleboy667's review against another edition
5.0
I’m going to keep reading this until I feel like I’m doing everything in this short guidance book. Realising that you only have 18 summers with your children should kick you into action to build your relationship with them proactively and deliberately. What we’re seeing, especially in the past 20 years, is a lot of busy parents that spend very little to zero focused time with their children. The title of the books is slightly misleading - it’s not about setting up meetings around the table with your whole family, it’s about spending quality time with each of your children individually (think about it like going on a date with your kids). You’ll probably immediately have a reason why this isn’t possible for your family or how to include all your children, and Jim addresses these concerns in the book. It’s less than 100 pages and it’ll take you an hour to read. If you’re a parent, don’t miss this one.
ksherman712's review against another edition
challenging
hopeful
inspiring
fast-paced
3.5
This quick read is all about quality time with your kids! I like the idea of family board meetings, and will give this a try with each kid and my husband in the month of March!
pages_and_pothos's review against another edition
informative
2.0
Every single page I turned I wanted to be like “duh”. If you are a decent parent at all, this information will not be news to you. Spend intentional time with your kids. Turn off your phones. Have meaningful conversations. There that’s the whole book.
Plus ps, he came up with this concept before he even had kids. Which is crazy to me. Then started dating (eventually marrying) a woman with a child and used him as the test dummy for the process. The stories about his stepson seemed a little scummy all around.
Plus ps, he came up with this concept before he even had kids. Which is crazy to me. Then started dating (eventually marrying) a woman with a child and used him as the test dummy for the process. The stories about his stepson seemed a little scummy all around.
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