The author has taken things that all families do (fight, eat, play, take care of the house, vacation, talk about difficult things - well, okay maybe most families don't talk about difficult things, but they should?) and has researched ways to improve the experience. He interviewed experts (but stayed away from marriage & family therapists) and experiments with his own family. There are a lot of specifics included like how to write a family mission statement, how to re-arrange furniture in your house, and how to determine an allowance, etc.
There's lots of good ideas in this book. At the same time, it was tiring as well. There's a lot of do this, do that, do more of this, and not a lot of resting. Families need time to re-charge and have downtime as well. Maybe that's what Sunday afternoons are good for.
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