The secrets of happy families Eight keys to building a lifetime of connection and contentment

Drawing on more than 1200 family-life questionnaires, psychological research, and his own experience as a clinician, Haltzman (The Secrets of Happily Married Women) provides the basic ingredients for creating happy families regardless of sexual, cultural, or ethnic identification. His strategies include sticking together, establishing values, and making time for fun and rituals, interwoven with case studies, checklists, and ideas for starting points. An authoritative book on a timely subject for mental-health professionals and parents looking to strengthen familial bonds. [Page 85]. Copyright 2008 Reed Business Information.

Outlines an approach to a satisfying family life regardless of a family unit's untraditional composition that emphasizes the author's "positive psychology" method of addressing problems in which each member is accepted and included in a network of support.

Outlines an approach to enabling a mutually satisfying family life regardless of a family unit's untraditional composition, in a guide that describes the author's "positive psychology" method of addressing problems through strategy and leadership in which each member is accepted and included in a network of support.

Proven ways to create a more loving familyResearch 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.