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The Resource The secrets of happy families : improve your mornings, rethink family dinner, fight smarter, go out and play, and much more, Bruce Feiler

The secrets of happy families : improve your mornings, rethink family dinner, fight smarter, go out and play, and much more, Bruce Feiler

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Summary
An informative and compelling guide for families to enrich their home life in our age of distraction. Like millions of parents, bestselling author and New York Times family columnist Bruce Feiler felt squeezed between the needs of aging parents and rapidly growing children. Over three years, he traveled across the United States, seeking out the smartest people and the most effective families to assemble a collection of best practices for families today
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Edition
First edition
Extent
x, 292 pages
Contents
  • Why we need new thinking for families -- Adapt all the time -- Talk. A lot -- Go out and play -- All happy families
  • PART 1: ADAPT ALL THE TIME -- The Agile Family Manifesto: A Twenty-First-Century Plan to Reduce Chaos and Increase Happiness -- The Right Way to Have Family Dinner: Why What You Talk About Is More Important Than What You Eat (or When You Eat It) -- Branding Your Family: The Power of a Family Mission Statement -- PART 2 : TALK. A LOT -- Fight Smart: The Harvard Handbook for Resolving Conflict -- The Buck Starts Here: The Warren Buffet Guide to Setting an Allowance -- Talk About the Marshmallows: How to Have Difficult Conversations -- Lessons from the Sex Mom: What Your Mother Never Told You About Sex (but Should Have) -- What's Love Got to Do with It: The Simple Test That Saved Millions of Families -- The Care and Feeding of Grandparents: How to Avoid Throwing Granny from the Train -- The Right Stuff: How Rearranging Your Furniture Can Improve Your Family -- PART 3: GO OUT AND PLAY -- The Family Vacation Checklist: How to Make Travel More Fun -- Shut Up and Cheer!: What Successful Coaches Know About Successful Families -- Give War a Chance: The Green Beret Guide to the Perfect Family Reunion -- Conclusion: All Happy Families
Isbn
9780061778735
Link
http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1312/2012533909-b.html
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The secrets of happy families : improve your mornings, rethink family dinner, fight smarter, go out and play, and much more
Title
The secrets of happy families
Title remainder
improve your mornings, rethink family dinner, fight smarter, go out and play, and much more
Statement of responsibility
Bruce Feiler
Creator
Subject
Language
eng
Summary
An informative and compelling guide for families to enrich their home life in our age of distraction. Like millions of parents, bestselling author and New York Times family columnist Bruce Feiler felt squeezed between the needs of aging parents and rapidly growing children. Over three years, he traveled across the United States, seeking out the smartest people and the most effective families to assemble a collection of best practices for families today
Cataloging source
TOH
http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
1964-
http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
Feiler, Bruce
Dewey number
306.85
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
no index present
LC call number
HQ734
LC item number
.F45 2013
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Families
  • Families
  • Families
Label
The secrets of happy families : improve your mornings, rethink family dinner, fight smarter, go out and play, and much more, Bruce Feiler
Link
http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1312/2012533909-b.html
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Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-292)
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
  • Why we need new thinking for families -- Adapt all the time -- Talk. A lot -- Go out and play -- All happy families
  • PART 1: ADAPT ALL THE TIME -- The Agile Family Manifesto: A Twenty-First-Century Plan to Reduce Chaos and Increase Happiness -- The Right Way to Have Family Dinner: Why What You Talk About Is More Important Than What You Eat (or When You Eat It) -- Branding Your Family: The Power of a Family Mission Statement -- PART 2 : TALK. A LOT -- Fight Smart: The Harvard Handbook for Resolving Conflict -- The Buck Starts Here: The Warren Buffet Guide to Setting an Allowance -- Talk About the Marshmallows: How to Have Difficult Conversations -- Lessons from the Sex Mom: What Your Mother Never Told You About Sex (but Should Have) -- What's Love Got to Do with It: The Simple Test That Saved Millions of Families -- The Care and Feeding of Grandparents: How to Avoid Throwing Granny from the Train -- The Right Stuff: How Rearranging Your Furniture Can Improve Your Family -- PART 3: GO OUT AND PLAY -- The Family Vacation Checklist: How to Make Travel More Fun -- Shut Up and Cheer!: What Successful Coaches Know About Successful Families -- Give War a Chance: The Green Beret Guide to the Perfect Family Reunion -- Conclusion: All Happy Families
Control code
1388029
Dimensions
24 cm
Edition
First edition
Extent
x, 292 pages
Isbn
9780061778735
Isbn Type
(hbk.)
Lccn
2012533909
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations
System control number
  • (Sirsi) 1388029
  • (OCoLC)820148404
Label
The secrets of happy families : improve your mornings, rethink family dinner, fight smarter, go out and play, and much more, Bruce Feiler
Link
http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1312/2012533909-b.html
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-292)
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
  • Why we need new thinking for families -- Adapt all the time -- Talk. A lot -- Go out and play -- All happy families
  • PART 1: ADAPT ALL THE TIME -- The Agile Family Manifesto: A Twenty-First-Century Plan to Reduce Chaos and Increase Happiness -- The Right Way to Have Family Dinner: Why What You Talk About Is More Important Than What You Eat (or When You Eat It) -- Branding Your Family: The Power of a Family Mission Statement -- PART 2 : TALK. A LOT -- Fight Smart: The Harvard Handbook for Resolving Conflict -- The Buck Starts Here: The Warren Buffet Guide to Setting an Allowance -- Talk About the Marshmallows: How to Have Difficult Conversations -- Lessons from the Sex Mom: What Your Mother Never Told You About Sex (but Should Have) -- What's Love Got to Do with It: The Simple Test That Saved Millions of Families -- The Care and Feeding of Grandparents: How to Avoid Throwing Granny from the Train -- The Right Stuff: How Rearranging Your Furniture Can Improve Your Family -- PART 3: GO OUT AND PLAY -- The Family Vacation Checklist: How to Make Travel More Fun -- Shut Up and Cheer!: What Successful Coaches Know About Successful Families -- Give War a Chance: The Green Beret Guide to the Perfect Family Reunion -- Conclusion: All Happy Families
Control code
1388029
Dimensions
24 cm
Edition
First edition
Extent
x, 292 pages
Isbn
9780061778735
Isbn Type
(hbk.)
Lccn
2012533909
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations
System control number
  • (Sirsi) 1388029
  • (OCoLC)820148404

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