The Secrets of Happy Families: Eight Keys to Building a Lifetime of Connection and Contentment
Proven ways to create a more loving family

Research proves that happy families are good for health, longevity, peace of mind, productivity, and success. In The Secrets of Happy Families, Scott Haltzman offers an original approach to building family contentment that works for families of all ethnicities and make-ups–two-parent, single-parent, blended, childless, or same-sex couple. He provides a "positive psychology" way of solving family problems through strategy and leadership, including knowing and accepting who you are, taking a leadership role in loving and united relationships, building a network of support in extended families and communities, and making quality time for fun, adventures, holidays, and rituals.

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The Secrets of Happy Families: Eight Keys to Building a Lifetime of Connection and Contentment
Proven ways to create a more loving family

Research proves that happy families are good for health, longevity, peace of mind, productivity, and success. In The Secrets of Happy Families, Scott Haltzman offers an original approach to building family contentment that works for families of all ethnicities and make-ups–two-parent, single-parent, blended, childless, or same-sex couple. He provides a "positive psychology" way of solving family problems through strategy and leadership, including knowing and accepting who you are, taking a leadership role in loving and united relationships, building a network of support in extended families and communities, and making quality time for fun, adventures, holidays, and rituals.

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The Secrets of Happy Families: Eight Keys to Building a Lifetime of Connection and Contentment

The Secrets of Happy Families: Eight Keys to Building a Lifetime of Connection and Contentment

The Secrets of Happy Families: Eight Keys to Building a Lifetime of Connection and Contentment

The Secrets of Happy Families: Eight Keys to Building a Lifetime of Connection and Contentment

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Proven ways to create a more loving family

Research proves that happy families are good for health, longevity, peace of mind, productivity, and success. In The Secrets of Happy Families, Scott Haltzman offers an original approach to building family contentment that works for families of all ethnicities and make-ups–two-parent, single-parent, blended, childless, or same-sex couple. He provides a "positive psychology" way of solving family problems through strategy and leadership, including knowing and accepting who you are, taking a leadership role in loving and united relationships, building a network of support in extended families and communities, and making quality time for fun, adventures, holidays, and rituals.


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ISBN-13: 9780470444832
Publisher: Wiley
Publication date: 06/08/2009
Sold by: JOHN WILEY & SONS
Format: eBook
Pages: 276
File size: 1 MB

About the Author

Dr. Scott Haltzman is clinical assistant professor of psychiatry and human behavior at Alpert Medical School of Brown University and editor of DrScott.com. He is the coauthor of the best-selling books The Secrets of Happily Married Men and The Secrets of Happily Married Women.

Theresa Foy DiGeronimo is the author of more than fifty books in the fields of medicine, education, and parenting.

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Table of Contents

Acknowledgments.

Introduction.

Chapter 1: What Is a Family?

Chapter 2: What Is Happiness?

Secret 1: Happy Families Stick Together.

Secret 2: Happy Families Commit and Communicate.

Secret 3: Happy Families Lean.

Secret 4: Happy Families Teach to and Learn from Children.

Secret 5: Happy Families Blend.

Secret 6: Happy Families Handle Conflict.

Secret 7: Happy Families Bounce.

Secret 8: Happy Families Breathe.

Happy Families Evolve: An Epilogue.

Appendix: Aggregate Results of the Happy Family Survey.

Notes.

About the Authors.

Index.

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