18 weeks on the New York Times Best Seller List during 1996 including three weeks at number one. By 2000 it had sold 450,000 copies in hardcover and another 200,000 in paperback. The theme of the book, at least as perceived from its title, aroused immediate opposition within the United States. A well known instance of this occurred during the 1996 presidential election when, during his acceptance speech at the Republican National Convention, Republican Party nominee Bob Dole said: "... with all due respect, I am here to tell you, it does not take a village to raise a child. It takes a family to raise a child." Criticism of Clinton's notion would continue to be made by American conservatives such as Rush Limbaugh, Andrea Tantaros, and Jonah Goldberg through the next two decades. In 1997, Clinton received a Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album for her audio recording of the book. In 2005, Senator Rick Santorum wrote a rebuttal to the book, It Takes a Family: Conservatism and the Common Good. Contents Introduction It Takes a Village No Family Is an Island Every Child Needs a Champion The Bell Curve Is a Curve Ball Kids Don't Come with Instructions The World Is in a Hurry, Children Are Not An Ounce of Prevention Is Worth a Pound of Intensive Care Security Takes More Than a Blanket The Best Tool You Can Give Your Child Is a Shovel Children Are Born Believers Childhood Can Be a Service Academy Kids Are an Equal Employment Opportunity Child Care Is Not a Spectator Sport Education = Expectations Seeing Is Believing Every Business Is a Family Business Children Are Citizens Too Let Us Build a Village Worthy of Our Synopsis The book emphasizes the shared responsibility that society has for successfully raising children, by looking at a number of angles as indicated in the chapter titles noted above. Clinton describes herself in the book as a Moderate, which is evidenced by a combination of advocating for government-driven social reforms while also espousing conservative values. Clinton notes in the book many institutions responsible in some way for raising children, including: direct family, grandparents, neighbors, teachers, ministers, doctors, employers, politicians, nonprofits, faith communities, businesses, and international governmental groups. Some of the goals and institutions that Clinton advocates for in the book include: the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993, the Violent Crime Control and Law