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Family First: Your Step-by-Step Plan for Creating a Phenomenal Family (Paperback)

by Phillip C. McGraw (Author)
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  • Paperback: 304 pages
  • Publisher: Simon & Schuster Ltd (3 Jan 2005)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0743267885
  • ISBN-13: 978-0743267885
  • Product Dimensions: 23.2 x 14.6 x 2.6 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
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What is a family really? And why is it so important? Dr Phil believes that your family should be the centre of your life and your child's life. In his new book, he'll show you the problems in your family life that you may not be able to see clearly. He'll show that if you want your child to have a chance at a happy, fulfilled life, you need to take control and make changes now. You are raising someone who will one day be an adult, and everything you do today impacts on what kind of adult your child will become; you are building the future. This book offers you a step-by-step plan to turn your family around, or to keep them on track. Based on Dr Phil's fundamental principles, the plan includes exercises, assessments, solutions for specific problems, and directions for implementing the steps. Some of the issues that Dr Phil will cover are: Don't Ask Children to Deal With Adult Issues* Heal Your Own History Or It Will Poison Your Family*Values and Traditions Are Your Family's Glue*Parent as Partners Most importantly, Dr Phil's new book offers you and your family hope - for a happier home life now, and a promising future for your children.


About the Author

Dr Phillip C. McGraw is best known to millions as 'Dr Tell It Like It Is' from OPRAH and as the author of the bestselling LIFE STRATEGIES and RELATIONSHIP RESCUE. He has trained thousands of people in effective life skills seminars and is one of the most sought-after public speakers.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Phil states the obvious then claims ownership, 27 Nov 2004
This review is from: Family First: Your Step-by-step Plan for Creating a Phenomenal Family (Hardcover)
After completing "Family First" I feel used! Phil states the obvious then claims ownership to ideas that I think are probably intuitive to many parents and families. Let's save you the expense of buying this book by summarizing the pertinent points:

1. Your family is important.
2. If you prioritize your family you will experience healthy consequences and have healthier children.

With that said, how do you achieve this if, by chance, you lack the critical skills and experience to incorporate this belief into your familial relations? Well, this is where Family First comes up short. This is a complicated process and goes well beyond Phil's over simplified "step-by-step plan." Sure, read Family First if you are a Dr. Phil fan, then quickly move on to other more competent books such as "Systemic Parenting: An Exploration of the Parenting Big Picture" (Gaskill) and "Parenting from the Inside Out: How A Deeper Self-Understanding Can Help You Raise Children Who Thrive" (Siegel & Hartzell). These books were written by seasoned therapists who seem have greater experience working the real life challenges that face families and parents. These authors may not have TV shows in America - that's probably because they recognize there are few 30 second soundbite solutions, or simple step-by-step plans, that effectively address the real life situations we all encounter. I've read all three and would suggest that you forego Family First and go straight to the parenting and family resources that are more likely to be helpful. One person's opinion.

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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars a "paint by number" type of book, 1 Feb 2005
If you're a Dr. Phil fan this book is for you. No doubt. It is a "paint by number" type of book. However, after reading it I find myself thinking that families are very dynamic and sometimes complex systems - I know mine is. A simple paint by the numbers / step-by-step approach certainly falls short of being too helpful in anything but the most trivial matters of familial functioning. I enjoyed Family First and recommend it as it doesn't hurt to read. Personally I prefer greater depth than what I found in Family First. Another reviewer suggested a book "Systemic Parenting" by Mark Gaskill. I also picked up a copy of that book. These books work well together! Gaskill definitely fills the gaps left open by Phil. Actually, I think it would have been helpful to read Systemic Parenting before reading Family First - I would even suggest that many of Phil's ideas came from reading Systemic Parenting. It is certainly an, if not the, original. Gaskill's discussions on topics like intimacy, emotional safety, emotional process, thinking errors, and interactions styles probably would have positively contributed to my family's use of the questionnaires found in Family First.
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9 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars I think I jsut got done reading the original!, 17 Feb 2005
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This review is from: Family First: Your Step-by-step Plan for Creating a Phenomenal Family (Hardcover)
I read Family First some time ago. Rather liked it although it seems to oversimplify things a bit. However, I just finished reading a book titled "Systemic Parenting: An Exploration of the Parenting Big Picture." I think Phil McGraw must have gotten the idea (if not his actual material) from this text. Family First is good, but definitely fails in comparison to the detail and insights found in the original. Suggest that you pass on the knock-off and go to the source.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Phil seems to be spread too thin these days.
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