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I Set Out To Write An Anti-parenting Parenting Book.

May Your First Word Be Adventure And Last Word Love.

Decades Of Research Have Shown That Most Happy Families Communicate Effectively. But Talking Doesn't Mean Simply 'talking Through Problems,' As Important As That Is. Talking Also Means Telling A Positive Story About Yourselves.

Adam And Eve - And Especially Eve - Are Victims Of The Greatest Character Assassination The World Has Ever Known. Eve Is Not Secondary. Eve, If Anything, Is The Great Initiator In The Story. She's The First Independent Woman. For Me, Rediscovering That Eve Was The Greatest Bad**s Women Of All Time Was A Revelation.

When Faced With A Challenge, Happy Families, Like Happy People, Just Add A New Chapter To Their Life Story That Shows Them Overcoming The Hardship. This Skill Is Particularly Important For Children, Whose Identity Tends To Get Locked In During Adolescence.