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Do you feel that your family is not what it used to be, or what it has the potential to be? Do you worry that the parenting decisions you're making today may be scarring your child for life? Do you sometimes feel you are in a tug-of-war with the world over who will shape your child's values and beliefs?
With Family First: Your Step-by-Step Plan for Creating a Phenomenal Family, Dr. Phil offers a new classic on family life -- and gives parents real answers and a plan for being the most positive and effective parents possible. Starting right now, you can begin to make realistic choices and take day-to-day actions that can make your family phenomenal. You must decide that you will lead your family with strength and love and that peace and joy are not just for the people next door or on TV. They're for your family.
In Family First, Dr. Phil gives it to parents straight: even in this fast-paced world your family should be the center of your life and your child's life. Parenting is the most important and noble act you will ever undertake, yet American families are threatened like never before from the inside as well as the outside -- many of us fight too much, don't get involved enough in our children's lives, or get bogged down in life's daily struggles instead of keeping our eye on the big picture of our family's well-being.
Dr. Phil has been working with families for over twenty-five years to help them repair the fissures that have fractured their home lives. In Family First, he provides a proven action plan to help parents determine the strengths and weaknesses of their parenting style. His 7 Tools for Purposeful Parenting cover the most important elements for any parent: parenting for success -- for the purpose of raising cooperative, caring, and competent children. Exercises, scripts, assessments, solutions for specific problems, and precise directions for implementing the steps you need to take are all included in this landmark work.
Dr. Phil shows parents how to make changes now -- how to put a stop to your children's tantrums; talk to them about peer pressure or self-esteem; instill values like integrity, honesty, and respect for other people; and bring order back to your house. If you want your child to have a happy, fulfilled life, you must open your eyes to the crucial role you play in his or her development.
Most important, Dr. Phil's new book offers you and your family hope -- for a phenomenal home life now, and a productive, fulfilling future for your children. As Dr. Phil says, you are not just raising children, you are also raising adults, and everything you do today impacts what kind of adult your child will become. You are building the future.
Synopsis
In Dr. Phil's #1 New York Times bestseller Family First: Your Step-by-Step Plan for Creating a Phenomenal Family, he gives parents courage and a solid understanding of the principles for making your family phenomenal. Now, with The Family First Workbook: Specific Tools, Strategies and Skills for Creating a Phenomenal Family, Dr. Phil puts you to work practicing purposeful parenting, walking you through scenarios and exercises in which you and your family will act on these proven principles to build pride, unity and hope for the future. You'll master a host of concrete, in-depth tools for raising happy children who approach the world with integrity, honesty and respect. Dr. Phil wants to help parents get their priorities back in order by putting family at the center of their lives. Families don't have to suffer through mediocrity because of parents who don't communicate and children who act out because they aren't receiving the right balance of guidance and discipline. You can shape your household into a functional, supportive, stimulating and safe place -- a place that you and your kids are happy to call home. With innovative individual and group exercises, challenging self-appraisals, a Daily Intention Journal, specific guidelines on managing conflict, special material for divorced and blended families, and much more, the workbook will show you how to be the best role model, guide and advocate for your child. Dr. Phil makes you ask yourself the hard questions, and he reveals the hard truths. You are raising America's future; you must invest the time and energy to do it right. The reward -- a happy, fulfilled home life that lets your children thrive -- will be well worth the work.
Synopsis
Dr. Phil's #1 New York Times bestseller Family First gives parents courage and a solid understanding of the principles for making your family phenomenal--now with The Family First Workbook Dr. Phil puts you to work practicing purposeful parenting, walking you through scenarios and exercises in which you and your family will act on these proven principles to build pride, unity, and hope for the future. Dr. Phil wants to help parents get their priorities back in order by putting family at the center of their lives. Families don't have to suffer through mediocrity because of parents who don't communicate and children who act out because they aren't receiving the right balance of guidance and discipline. You can shape your household into a functional, supportive, stimulating, and safe place--a place that you and your kids are happy to call home.
With innovative individual and group exercises, challenging self-appraisals, a Daily Intention Journal, specific guidelines on managing conflict, special material for divorced and blended families, and much more, the workbook will show you how to be the best role model, guide and advocate for your child.
Dr. Phil makes you ask yourself the hard questions and he reveals the hard truths. You are raising America's future; you must invest the time and energy to do it right. The reward--a happy, fulfilled home life that lets your children thrive--will be well worth the work.
Synopsis
In Dr. Phil's #1 andlt;Iandgt;New York Timesandlt;/Iandgt; bestseller andlt;Iandgt;Family First: Your Step-by-Step Plan for Creating a Phenomenal Family,andlt;/Iandgt; he gives parents courage and a solid understanding of the principles for making your family phenomenal. Now, with andlt;Iandgt;The Family First Workbook: Specific Tools, Strategies and Skills for Creating a Phenomenal Family,andlt;/Iandgt; Dr. Phil puts you to work practicing purposeful parenting, walking you through scenarios and exercises in which you and your family will act on these proven principles to build pride, unity and hope for the future. You'll master a host of concrete, in-depth tools for raising happy children who approach the world with integrity, honesty and respect. andlt;BRandgt; Dr. Phil wants to help parents get their priorities back in order by putting family at the center of their lives. Families don't have to suffer through mediocrity because of parents who don't communicate and children who act out because they aren't receiving the right balance of guidance and discipline. You can shape your household into a functional, supportive, stimulating and safe place -- a place that you and your kids are happy to call home. andlt;BRandgt; With innovative individual and group exercises, challenging self-appraisals, a Daily Intention Journal, specific guidelines on managing conflict, special material for divorced and blended families, and much more, the workbook will show you how to be the best role model, guide and advocate for your child. andlt;BRandgt; Dr. Phil makes you ask yourself the hard questions, and he reveals the hard truths. You are raising America's future; you must invest the time and energy to do it right. The reward -- a happy, fulfilled home life that lets your children thrive -- will be well worth the work.
About the Author
andquot;Dr. Philandquot; (Phillip C. McGraw, Ph.D.) is the host of Americaandrsquo;s number-one daytime talk show and is perhaps the most well-known expert in the field of psychology and human functioning in the world today. In his 16th year on television and his 11th year of the andlt;iandgt;Dr. Philandlt;/iandgt; show, he has devoted his international platform to delivering common sense information to individuals and families seeking to improve their lives. Passionately pursuing such topics as family functioning, domestic violence, anti-bullying, addiction and the myths of mental illness, he works tirelessly both on and off the air. Dr. Phil has carried his message from the senate chambers of Washington, D.C. to the suburbs and inner cities across America. He and Robin, his wife of 38 years and counting, along with their andquot;wonder dog,andquot; Maggie, reside in Southern California, as do his two sons, Jordan and Jay, along with daughter-in-law, Erica, and two grandchildren, Avery Elizabeth and London Phillip.
Table of Contents
andlt;Bandgt;Contentsandlt;/Bandgt;andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;Letter to Parents andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;andlt;Bandgt;PART ONE: CREATING YOUR PHENOMENAL FAMILYandlt;/Bandgt; andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;1 Family Matters andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;2 Special Strategies for Divorced and Blended Families andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;3 The Five Factors for a Phenomenal Family andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;4 Your Family Legacy andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;5 Your Parenting Style andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;6 Powering Upandlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;andlt;Bandgt;PART TWO: 7 TOOLS FOR PURPOSEFUL PARENTINGandlt;/Bandgt; andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;7 Tool 1: Parenting with Purpose: andlt;Iandgt;Define Successandlt;/Iandgt; andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;8 Tool 2: Parenting with Clarity: andlt;Iandgt;Talk, Listen and Learnandlt;/Iandgt; andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;9 Tool 3: Parenting by Negotiation: andlt;Iandgt;Partner with Your Childandlt;/Iandgt; andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;10 Tool 4: Parenting with Currency: andlt;Iandgt;Performance and Payoffsandlt;/Iandgt; andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;11 Tool 5: Parenting Through Change: andlt;Iandgt;Shake It Up to Break It Upandlt;/Iandgt; andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;12 Tool 6: Parenting in Harmony: andlt;Iandgt;Put Your House in Orderandlt;/Iandgt; andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;13 Tool 7: Parenting by Example: andlt;Iandgt;Walk the Talkandlt;/Iandgt; andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;Epilogue andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;Appendix andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;Bibliographical References