Our Instinct As Parents Is

The Higher The Joy Is Not The Light, It's The Reflection. The Greater Pleasure Is Not Climbing Up; It's Handing Down

The Most Successful Families Embrace And Elevate Their Family History, Particularly Their Failures, Setbacks And Other Missteps.

My Name Is Bruce Feiler, And I'm An Explainaholic. I First Heard This Word Used To Describe Isaac Asimov, And I Knew Instantly That I Suffered From The Same Condition. It's The Incurable Desire To Tell, Shape, Share, Occasionally Exaggerate, Often Elongate, And Inevitably Bungle A Good Story.

Love Is A Balance Between Independence And Interdependence. In Love, You Want To Be Independent And Interdependent. You Want To Be A Little Bit Selfish And A Little Bit Selfless. Love Can Be An Antidote To Loneliness, As Long As There Is Some Aloneness In It.

I Think That Most Of The Action In Religion Is Around The Home, Is In Families, And Is In Individual Lives, And They Can Go On Their Own Searches, Watch Their Own Tv Shows, Read Their Own Books, Form Their Own Groups And Discuss It, But That's Where The Action Is - On The Home Front.