I Set Out To Write An Anti-parenting

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.

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.

The Bottom Line: If You Want A Happier Family, Create, Refine And Retell The Story Of Your Family's Positive Moments And Your Ability To Bounce Back From The Difficult Ones. That Act Alone May Increase The Odds That Your Family Will Thrive For Many Generations To Come.

There Is Profundity To Explore, But Also Laundry To Do.

Knowing More About Family History Is The Single Biggest Predictor Of A Child's Emotional Well-being. Grandparents Can Play A Special Role In This Process, Too.