The Happy Family: The Busy Parent Series

Description

Today's world is changing very rapidly. Somehow, in the midst of this, we need to raise our children to live in the grown-up world that awaits them when they reach adulthood. Our families are the primary training ground for this learning. They are, also, the primary, immediate support for all of us: physical, emotional, mental and spiritual. So it is important that we can make them as happy as we can. We can do this by managing our families well. It takes time, of course - a commodity that always seems in short supply - and we already have lots to do. Not taking the time, however, is very costly, because when the family as a unit starts to falter, all its members will have difficulty in coping. Dealing with the subsequent difficulties generally takes far more time than the simple requirements that good family management would have taken. Points covered include: * Understanding and changing your family patterns * Creating balance between family life and work * Learning from your childhood experiences of families * Handling family conflicts * Working together as a parenting team