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Should be required reading in school

Revisado: 04-02-25

Conflict resolution or shifting out of high conflict should be a skill everyone is taught so they could be comfortable with attempting to engage, just like cooking. Love how Amanda demonstrates in numerous memorable narratives how the conflict looks from multiple points of view. She also includes great explanations for what lies under conflict, how to investigate it, and what it's going to take for people to understand each other. Addressing time and timing as essential for success means over a long effort you can anticipate fatigue or hopelessness, so she does talk about what to do then. Amanda sets realistic expectations for people who are going to attempt shifting out of high conflict, but also some success stories. Highly recommend!

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Such an important look at narrative

Revisado: 09-16-24

Though there are parts of the text that are repeated verbatim two or three times, the research feels thorough and well-substantiated. Highly recommend for people who are studying American history, law enforcement, and narratives. So unnerving how terribly inaccurate my perception of the War on Drugs was prior to listening to this.

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Two-thirds great

Revisado: 02-06-24

Very thought provoking and easy to consume - the first two-thirds of it anyway. Honestly I could have done without the Post script chapter since it felt like a poor abbreviation of the takeaways in the second chapter.

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More for parents who aren't nerds

Revisado: 01-14-23

Really good content and lots of good perspectives and tips. However, understandably the author wants this to be as enriching a read for non-nerd parents as for nerd parents so there's a lot of time spent bringing the non-nerd parents up to speed on fandoms and their hobbies. It does bring to question whether there will be a separate text on the way for nerd parents who are experiencing their kid's first time picking up a video game. Those nerd parents who want to get ahead in laying the right groundwork and get their kid accustomed to communicating with them are not as worried about connecting through shared hobbies as with optimizing how rich a conversation they could have with their kid.

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Really thought provoking

Revisado: 01-06-23

Don't jump to the end. Let it build on itself. The last chapter was the most mind-expanding but you need the language of all the previous chapters to set it up. Very interesting and memorable examples given in each chapter.

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This is such an important book to read

Revisado: 08-24-22

Honestly I hope this gets turned into an action/drama movie or show that drives more people to read this book. This should be mandatory learning material for investigators, genealogists, high schoolers, law makers, and law enforcers. There's a lot of responsibility just from having read the book to have these ethical discussions in the open and to implement a reconstruction of the broken justice system. At least this book shines a floodlight on the system of silence and who is protected by it all the way to government and law enforcement echelons.

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Moving at a good pace

Revisado: 05-10-22

If you stick with the program this far, not only will you be having/understanding conversations in Spanish but now you can have them with humor and sass. Highly recommend!

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Great as a refresher

Revisado: 04-13-22

I learned Castillian Spanish for eight years and then didn't touch it for twenty years. It's a totally perishable skill. This was a great way to start coming back to it. The exercises are very effective and it helps to hear and mimic the accent to get it down. I still repeat some of the lessons just because I'm a perfectionist but you do you. Pimsleur is working for me.

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Listen well

Revisado: 01-30-22

Everyone picks up something different from this that they need to hear. It'll be hard to hear it. The language may sound frivolous at first but when you get to the part that was meant for you it's going to sound like a friend talking you through it. Stick with it.

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Not the book you were looking for

Revisado: 05-18-19

Yes, Gary Chapman wrote one great book. No, this isn't it. Read Seth Freedman instead.

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