Bruce Feiler: Agile programming — for your family
And here’s the worst news of all. Our children sense we’re out of control. Ellen Galinsky of the Families and Work Institute asked 1,000 children, “If you were granted one wish about your parents, what would it be?” The parents predicted the kids would say, spending more time with them. They were wrong. The kids’ number one wish? That their parents be less tired and less stressed.
So how can we change this dynamic? Are there concrete things we can do to reduce stress, draw our family closer, and generally prepare our children to enter the world?
I spent the last few years trying to answer that question, traveling around, meeting families, talking to scholars, experts ranging from elite peace negotiators to Warren Buffett’s bankers to the Green Berets. I was trying to figure out, what do happy families do right and what can I learn from them to make my family happier?
Great advice from Feiler: (lessons for parenting and many other things)
- Adapt all the time.
- Empower your children.
- Tell your story.
it's about learning 
I listened to this recently, and it had me thinking about the potential wisdom that this brings for our school families (staff) as well. 1. Remain nimble with no sense of getting stuck in the present. 2. Empower each other. 3. Tell your story. We are so short in education in having a counter narrative to the mainstream narrative about the failure of education.
I agree, Bob. Completely.