Table of Contents

Contents

Letter to Parents

PART ONE: CREATING YOUR PHENOMENAL FAMILY

2 Special Strategies for Divorced and Blended Families

3 The Five Factors for a Phenomenal Family

4 Your Family Legacy

5 Your Parenting Style

6 Powering Up

PART TWO: 7 TOOLS FOR PURPOSEFUL PARENTING

8 Tool 2: Parenting with Clarity: Talk, Listen and Learn

9 Tool 3: Parenting by Negotiation: Partner with Your Child

10 Tool 4: Parenting with Currency: Performance and Payoffs

11 Tool 5: Parenting Through Change: Shake It Up to Break It Up

12 Tool 6: Parenting in Harmony: Put Your House in Order

13 Tool 7: Parenting by Example: Walk the Talk

Epilogue

Appendix

Bibliographical References

About the Author

"Dr. Phil" (Phillip C. McGraw, Ph.D.) is the host of America’s number-one daytime talk show and is perhaps the most well-known expert in the field of psychology and human functioning in the world today. In his 16th year on television and his 11th year of the Dr. Phil show, he has devoted his international platform to delivering common sense information to individuals and families seeking to improve their lives. Passionately pursuing such topics as family functioning, domestic violence, anti-bullying, addiction and the myths of mental illness, he works tirelessly both on and off the air. Dr. Phil has carried his message from the senate chambers of Washington, D.C. to the suburbs and inner cities across America. He and Robin, his wife of 38 years and counting, along with their "wonder dog," Maggie, reside in Southern California, as do his two sons, Jordan and Jay, along with daughter-in-law, Erica, and two grandchildren, Avery Elizabeth and London Phillip.