The Family Bond

Inspiring Tips for Creating a Closer Family

Children are our gold and families are our most valuable cultural resource. Yet we are not trained for the job of familymaking. No course is offered that teaches us how to bring families closer together. Nor are we born with this information. And much of what we learned from our own parents, given our constantly changing world, cannot be reapplied. While my training as a cultural anthropologist has taught me to look for patterns, I wrote this book because I have a passion for parenting. My own search for the ways to become a better parent led to many insights about what makes family life more difficult and what makes it easier. I offer this book as a way of sharing my learning.
A good teacher does much more than lecture. This teacher arranges learning situations to help each student find their own inner voice. Parenting is about teaching, too, and about helping your child find her own inner voice. Too much “parent talk” can actually get in the way. So can excessive “teacher talk.” (Chapters are short for this reason, with most all of them no longer than two pages. Some are even less; only a few are more; and each chapter ends with a “learning nugget” that summarizes what I want to share with you.)
I hope this book helps you learn to teach in a way that helps your child find her inner voice—and helps you hear yours more clearly as well.


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