The Secrets of Happy Families: Improve Your Mornings, Tell Your Family History, Fight Smarter, Go Out and Play, and Much More - Softcover

Feiler, Bruce

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0061778745 ISBN 13: 9780061778742

Publisher: William Morrow & Company, 2013

Synopsis

Pub Date: 2013-12-31 Pages: 320 Language: English Publisher:... HarperCollins The book that revolutionized our view of what makes families happy Determined to find the smartest solutions and the most cutting-edge research about families. bestselling author and New York Times family columnist Bruce Feiler gathered team-building exercises and problem-solving techniques from the most creative minds-from Silicon Valley to the Green Berets-and tested these ideas with his wife and kids. The result is a lively. original look at how we can create stronger parentchild relationships. manage the chaos of our lives. teach our kids values ??and grit. and have more fun together. The Secrets of Happy Families includes more than two hundred unique practices that will help your family draw closer and make everyone in your home happier. It has already changed the lives of millions of families...

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Review:

"Infused with humor and authenticity. ... Feiler's unique perspective and voice... sets it apart from other work in both the parenting and happiness genres."--Yahoo

"This is the best book I've read about how to transform families. ... Run, don't walk, to get a copy"--NBC Latino

"Makes even the most skeptical parent sit up and take note"--BONNIE ROCHMAN for Time.com

"Refreshing. ... Feiler has an engaging stlye."--Washington Post

"I loved this book because it really is a new playbook for the modern-day family, something to counteract the chaos of the digital age."--Lyss Stern, creator of Divalysscious Moms and author of If You Give a Mom a Martini

"Not your run-of-the-mill parenting manual. ... A practical, entertaining playbook that upends some of the most accepted wisdom in family-rearing today."--Outside magazine

"A self-help book with teeth, loaded with examples. ... The Secrets of Happy Families is comprehensive and clear, a how-to guide for dads who may not have realized they needed one.--Daddylibrium

From the Back Cover:

The book that revolutionized our view of what makes families happy . . .

Determined to find the smartest solutions and the most cutting-edge research about families, bestselling author and New York Times family columnist Bruce Feiler gathered team-building exercises and problem-solving techniques from the most creative minds--from Silicon Valley to the Green Berets--and tested these ideas with his wife and kids. The result is a lively, original look at how we can create stronger parent/child relationships, manage the chaos of our lives, teach our kids values and grit, and have more fun together.

The Secrets of Happy Families includes more than two hundred unique practices that will help your family draw closer and make everyone in your home happier. It has already changed the lives of millions of families, and it can do the same for yours.

About this edition

• Publisher: William Morrow & Company
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0061778745
• ISBN 13: 9780061778742
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 320