Review Date: 11/5/2006

Helpful Score: 4

The entire message of this book is this:

There is no diet for ADD/ADHD. Through a process of elimination, figure out which food(s) agravate your child's behaviors, and avoid them. There, you've read the book.

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Review Date: 10/6/2006

Very interesting true story.

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Review Date: 6/3/2007

I didn't like the sense that the author was advocating a position of making yourself feel as though you are better than everyone else (p. 29-30 "Even though your parent or other adult perpetrator acted irresponsibly toward you, it's important to view them as 'sick'...better to pity that person than to hate them."). This just creates a power differential; I don't see how the views represented in this book could help anyone to lose weight. I understand some of the points she makes, but I think she did a very bad job of getting her point across in an appropriate way.

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Review Date: 10/6/2006

I wasn't impressed with this book. It might be useful to some, but I find the use of nonsense words doesn't work for me, and about half the chants are nonsense.

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Review Date: 6/18/2007

This book is NOT for families of "all" faiths. Perhaps those who practice bible-based faiths do not realize there are other faiths out there, but when a book specifically states that is "for families of all faiths", people might expect more than just Christianity to be represented. Well, not in this book. So, just a warning...if you are truly looking for "a book for families of ALL faiths", this is the wrong book for you. Wait, wait...I did find, in the index, that the author has devoted up to three whole pages each to a few "alternative" religious choices. Buddhism, Hinduism, and Atheism; all of which are worthy of more than 3 pages each...and where are all the other world religions? What about Paganism, the fastest growing religious path in the world?

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Review Date: 11/10/2006

Helpful Score: 1

The idea of a family with 19 children wore off quickly. The tone of the book was condescending. They seem to have the "We're better than you" attitude, and the message in the book seems to be, "We're right, and you're wrong if you don't parent exactly like us." Most of their advice is common sense and can be found in the first 5 pages of any parenting book. But some of thier advice is based on thier own personal beliefs, and wouldn't work in every family. I didn't make it past chapter 3, and was very disappointed.

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