The Secrets of Happy Families

> --HARVILLE HENDRIX, PH.D.
author, Getting the Love You Want and Giving the Love That Heals: A Guide for Parents > --MICHAEL GURIAN
author, The Minds of Boys and The Wonder of Girls > --SUSAN PAGE
author, Why Talking Is Not Enough and If I'm So Wonderful, Why Am I Still Single? > --WARREN FARRELL, PH.D.
author, Women Can't Hear What Men Don't Say and Why Men Are the Way They Are > --ROSS D. PARKE, PH.D.
Distinguished Professor of Psychology, Emeritus, University of California, Riverside; and past president, Society for Research in Child Development

Acknowledgments vii
Introduction 1
Chapter 1 What Is a Family? 7
Chapter 2 What Is Happiness? 19
Secret 1 Happy Families . . . Stick Together 28
Secret 2 Happy Families . . . Commit and Communicate 57
Secret 3 Happy Families . . . Lean 80
Secret 4 Happy Families . . . Teach to and Learn from Children 100
Secret 5 Happy Families . . . Blend 131
Secret 6 Happy Families . . . Handle Conflict 155
Secret 7 Happy Families . . . Bounce 183
Secret 8 Happy Families . . . Breathe 206
Epilogue: Happy Families . . . Evolve 227
Appendix: Aggregate Results of the Happy Family Survey 231
Notes 243
About the Authors 251
Index 253