His Needs, Her Needs for Parents
Keeping Romance Alive

This book was better than most of the relationship types of books I've seen in that it gives explicit ideas to try and ties it all together well. So many of these types of books ramble along with broad brush strokes that sound good but are hard to enact. I thought the idea of a "Love Bank" was novel,......more

I hesitated to read this one because I wasn’t crazy about his first book “His Needs, Her Needs”. But this one is not like the first. The first few chapters were a review from the original book, but the rest of the book has some great practical advice for marriage even one without kids. He covers how......more

His Needs, Her Needs for Parents The author, Williard F. Harley, Jr. encourages page turning via short stories that illustrate the concepts brought to bear. Walking a fine line, he bridges the intellectual divide of educated and uneducated using easily grasped wordplay and exploring the potential fo......more

I feel like this is a solid book for helping couples gain the groundwork for surviving parenthood with their marriages intact. While it brings in many (all) principles from previous works, this book does it through the lens of parenthood, rather than rehashing old principles and saying,"Parents need......more

Relationships take intentional effort to maintain, especially a marriage, double-especially with children, and Harley gets that part right. However, his arguments for acting well toward your spouse seem to center around maximizing your own pleasure (actually listen to your wife's words/feelings so t......more