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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 394.269 EAN: 9781587611148 ISBN: 1587611147 Label: Ten Speed Press Manufacturer: Ten Speed Press Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 256 Publication Date: 2008-05 Publisher: Ten Speed Press Studio: Ten Speed Press Editorial Review: Product Description: When a special activity evolves into a tradition within a family, it creates meaning, connection, and community and makes common occasions more momentous and memorable. Establishing a sense of stability and shared history has never been more important to parents than it is today, as families become more fractured and scattered. THE JOY OF FAMILY TRADITIONS offers more than 400 fresh ideas and creative approaches to cultivating birthday, anniversary, holiday, and other rite-of-passage and seasonal traditions that strengthen personal bonds and reflect a family's individual style, spirituality, and values. Average Rating:
 Rating: - Every Mother Should Have This OneA beautiful book with creative ideas, like having a family hibernation weekend in February. The author recognizes that not all families are the same and that their traditions should reflect family members' heritage, culture, ethnicity, and personalities. She is also very sensitive to the challenges of creating meaningful traditions in blended (step) families. It is the Mother's Handbook for building family bonds. Not only that, but it is so beautifully designed from cover to cover ... Read More Rating: - A Unique, Charming and Informative BookI just finished reading this wonderful new book and found it to be both a fascinating history lesson (it provides lots of background information about holidays and traditions from around the world) and an accurate view of family life in modern America. The suggestions it provides are practical and realistic for families who are trying to combine many different cultural backgrounds or step-parents and -siblings. Most of the other traditions books out there are more of a how-to handbook ... Read More |
