The Sixty Minute Family by Rob Parsons(Pre-Owned)

Product Description

This latest book in Rob Parsons’s best-selling Sixty Minute series offers ten life lessons for a strong family life, drawn from Rob’s own experience and from his encounters with people around the world. Combining practical wisdom and accessible advice with a wide range of case studies—and an engaging style—the book addresses ten key areas, including making time for each other, taking time to talk, encouragement, parenting styles, handling conflict, the magic of traditions, appreciating the extended family, and seizing the moment.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"Comforting, profound, and wonderfully real. It will touch the heart of your family." —Katharine Hill, author, Rules of Engagement

"This is no ordinary self-help manual. Elegantly and compellingly written, with both sensitivity and humor, it offers an insight into the every day challenges experienced by real-life families and how they can be overcome." —Observer

"Reading this may be the best sixty minutes you will ever spend." —Suzie Hayman, BBC radio agony aunt

Book Description

10 practical ways to make your family life happier and stronger

About the Author

Rob Parsons is an international speaker on family life and business and a best-selling author. Each year he addresses thousands of people in live seminars, as well as on radio, television and film. In 1988 Rob founded 'Care for the Family', a charitable organisation which aims to promote strong family life and help those hurting because of family breakdown. Since it first began over 320,000 people have attended family-building events and courses run by the charity and thousands more families find support through its resources and other initiatives. Rob is particularly passionate about helping parents relate to their children, particularly their teenagers. His writing on this topic often reflects what he considers are areas where he feels he could have done better in the fatherhood department. Rob's books include 'The Sixty Minute Family', 'Getting Your Kids Through Church' and 'The Heart of Success', which reached Number 1 in the Booktrack Business & Management List and Number 2 in The Sunday Times Business Books List. More than half a million copies of his books have been sold worldwide in 12 languages. Rob and his wife Dianne live in Cardiff and have been married for 37 years. They have two grown up children.