A review by mahlbrec05
Hold On to Your Kids by Gabor Maté, Gordon Neufeld

2.0

Did they have some really solid points? Sure. Did this book have to be anywhere near this long? Absolutely not. The second half had some great stuff and changed my perspective on some of the issues we're seeing in education and how to support the families I work with better, but man that first half was rough. I listened to most of it on 1.8x speed and it still felt too slow and painful repetitive and also just agonizingly negative. If I'd only read the second half I probably would have given it a solid 4 stars and I wouldn't have missed anything important.