Rob Parsons - The Sixty Minute Family: An hour to transform your relationships--for ever

This is no ordinary self-help manual. Elegantly and compellingly written, with both sensitivity and humour, it offers an insight into the everyday challenges experienced by real-life families and of how they can be overcome.

Ned Temko, The Observer

With wit and insight Rob Parsons gets to the heart of what makes families work time, attention and encouragement too many families are destroyed by parents simply not making their children and their partners their main priority. Parsons shows you how to do so, by listening, communicating, and having fun. Reading this may be the best 60 minutes you will ever spend.

Suzie Hayman, BBC radio agony aunt and author of Teach Yourself Parenting Your Teenager

I would recommend this book to anyone, whatever their family circumstance, as its a book of encouragement and a challenge to look beyond our own experience to the needs of those family members who surround us.

Jeremy Todd, Chief Executive, Parentline Plus

In the twenty-first century, were overwhelmed with knowledge and good advice but perhaps a bit short on wisdom and honesty. Rob Parsons redresses that balance in his excellent and very readable book, any page of which could revolutionize your family life and your childrens futures. That must be worth at least 60 minutes of anyones time, however busy we think we are!

Ken Shorey, Chief Executive, Positive Parenting

Follow some of the ideas in this book and you will be top of the pops with your children! The ultimate gift to our families is our time.

Duncan Fisher OBE, Kids in the Middle

This book will touch the heart of your family.

Katharine Hill, author of Rules of Engagement

I found this an inspiring, sensible and easy to follow book offering practical guidelines. It would make a great read for any family I believe this book could revitalize any family and make good ones even better.

Dave Lumsdon, Senior Educational Psychologist, Northumberland County Council & Newcastle University

With great warmth and wisdom, Rob Parsons has done an invaluable service showing modern day families how to not to suffer from the time-crunch and how to prioritize whats really important in all our lives.

Tanith Carey, author of How to Be an Amazing Mum When You Just Dont Have the Time

This book is a must for all families. It is down-to-earth, comforting, and wonderfully real.

Rachel Waddilove, author of The Baby Book

What they said about Rob Parsons and his books:

The man who reinvented Fatherhood.

Linda Lee Potter, The Daily Mail

Rob Parsons is one of the most inspirational speakers in the country today motivating, practical and giving you the sense that somebody has just turned the light on.

Rosemary Conley, Chairman, The Rosemary Conley Group

Parsons is unlike any other business gurus he identifies an emerging social class the new poor.

Des Dearlove, The Times

Rob Parsons has an uncanny ability for asking some of lifes most challenging questions in an unobtrusive way.

Jill Garrett, former Managing Director, The Gallup Organisation UK

This is a Sixty Minute
book, which means that
if you are quick, you can
read it in an hour. An hour?
What can be said of value
that can be read in less
than 4,000 seconds?
Well, something at least

Sheron Rice simply made it a better book again! Eddie Bell, my agent, of the Bell Lomax Moreton agency, is brilliant I am so grateful to him and his colleagues Pat, Paul, and June for all their wisdom and support. My thanks also go to Kate Kirkpatrick and the team at Lion Hudson. The Care for the Family staff have done their usual wonderful job and so many others have as well, including Naomi Buckler, Paul Francis, Kate Hancock, Katharine Hill, John Gallacher, David Lumsdon, Jon and Sarah Mason, Mark Molden, and Steve Williams.