Have a Happy Family by Friday: How to Improve Communication, Respect & Teamwork in 5 Days Hardcover – September 2, 2014

I'm generally a big fan of Leman, but this book was a bit of disappointment. I think for many families it would work great, it just wasn't good fit for our situation, but the advertisements and description led me to believe differently. It is really geared for older children (over 10-12) which we don't have. It focuses a lot on birth order, which might work great for a "typical" family. In our case of 2 bio and 3 adopted children, though, the birth order is thrown all out of whack. This likely contributes to many of our issues, but the book doesn't help us to understand that at all. It also does not even begin to address issues and stresses which are related to children with disabilities. I realize this would be a HUGE topic, but I was hoping to find some tips, resources, or direction of some sort to help keep peace in my family amidst these challenges. It really didn't help at all in our case.

This book was pretty helpful and followed the basic pattern of other "Have a____ by Friday" books. A lot of the things suggested here were common sense, but they are things that families often fail to recognize until pointed out to them.If you have a family experiencing communication issues or other difficulties, I highly recommend this book.

He has some very good parenting ideas. For my complicated family some of his ideas are a bit simplistic, but overall his main strategies are very helpful and we're using them with gradually increasing success.

I am sure if I read this I would like it. I am not sure it is even possible in my home to have a happy house because I do not have any power against all of the males in this house.

Excellent book with easy to use tips to get your family on track with better behavior

I really liked reading this book. It made me feel good, I am doing some things RIGHT! My husband and I keep God first in our lives. I have faith that our 4 boys will turn out great! Thanks for the inspiration for a Happy Family!

This read is very helpful to teach you and your child to live together.

Have not finished the book as yet, but, it seems to contain very good advice - just good old common sense that so many young parents have forgotten...

Awesome parenting book! Very helpful

Quick shipping and love the book