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The book of new family traditions : how to create great rituals for holidays and every day / Meg Cox ; illustrations by Trina Dalziel.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Philadelphia : Running Press, c2012.Edition: Expanded and updatedDescription: 288 p. : ill. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 0762443189 (pbk.)
  • 9780762443185 (pbk.)
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Contents:
Preface: Author's Note on the New Edition of The Book of New Family Traditions; Introduction: Why Does It Matter So Much?; Chapter 1: Ritual Recipes: Getting Started; Chapter 2: Everyday Rituals; Chapter 3: Family Festivities and Ceremonies; Chapter 4: Holidays; Appendix 1: Fifty Questions for the Dinner-Table Conversation Basket; Appendix 2: Gail Simpson's Open Adoption Ritual; Acknowledgments; How to Contact the Author & Get More on Rituals.
Summary: "Quality family togetherness everyone wants it, but it seems increasingly harder to achieve. In a world run by cell phones, computers, and virtual networking, the comfort of human connection grows more important and rarer all the time. In a guide newly updated for the next generation, family expert Meg Cox offers a solution. Family rituals provide a sense of home and identity that kids and parents both need. From holidays and birthdays to bed times, meal times, pets, and even chores, the book spotlights hundred of ways to bring the fun and ritual back to family life."--Provided by publisher.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Children's Book Children's Book Dr. James Carlson Library Parent/Teacher Resource Collection-Children's 306.8509 C877 Available 33111008571594
Children's Book Children's Book Main Library Parent/Teacher Resource Collection-Children's 306.8509 C877 Available 33111007070812
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Quality family togetherness--everyone wants it, but it seems increasingly harder to achieve. In a world run by cell phones, computers, and virtual networking, the comfort of human connection grows more important-- and rarer-- all the time. In a guide newly updated for the next generation, family expert Meg Cox offers a solution. Family rituals provide a sense of home and identity that kids and parents both need. From holidays and birthdays to bed times, meal times, pets, and even chores, The Book of New Family Traditions spotlights hundred of ways to bring the fun and ritual back to family life.

Preface: Author's Note on the New Edition of The Book of New Family Traditions; Introduction: Why Does It Matter So Much?; Chapter 1: Ritual Recipes: Getting Started; Chapter 2: Everyday Rituals; Chapter 3: Family Festivities and Ceremonies; Chapter 4: Holidays; Appendix 1: Fifty Questions for the Dinner-Table Conversation Basket; Appendix 2: Gail Simpson's Open Adoption Ritual; Acknowledgments; How to Contact the Author & Get More on Rituals.

"Quality family togetherness everyone wants it, but it seems increasingly harder to achieve. In a world run by cell phones, computers, and virtual networking, the comfort of human connection grows more important and rarer all the time. In a guide newly updated for the next generation, family expert Meg Cox offers a solution. Family rituals provide a sense of home and identity that kids and parents both need. From holidays and birthdays to bed times, meal times, pets, and even chores, the book spotlights hundred of ways to bring the fun and ritual back to family life."--Provided by publisher.

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