The Foundation for a Happy Family

Terri Hardwick

"All happy families resemble one another, but each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way" Leo Tolstoy: Anna Karenina How do happy families resemble one another? What are the characteristics they have in common? A number of years ago, a current affairs program covered the 40th anniversary of a special couple. Organising the celebrations were their sixteen children. The couple re-enacted their bridal waltz, to the tearful applause of their large brood. They had brought up a close-knit, loving family, not without a great deal of sacrifice and hard work. Yet perhaps their greatest achievement of all, was remaining close and affectionate to one another.

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