The best-selling authors of 'Raising A Son' and 'Raising A Daughter' complete their trilogy with 'Raising A Family'. Once again the Eliums deliver ground­breaking concepts with new tools for building and maintaining every American family. They discuss not only the dramatic changes and necessary adjustments that children bring to our lives, but they also address, with insight and sensitivity, the evolution of the family itself. Whether we are a two-parent, single-parent, step-parent, gay-couple, intergenerational, adopted-child, foster-child, or even childless family, we all face the same obstacles and grapple with the same dilemmas.

In their commitment to provide a family-making language, they have coined a new concept called FamilyMind, which focuses on all the relation­ship dynamics within a family group, where everyone's needs are met. The Eliums show us the difference between the service-oriented environment of work, where energy is focused on a single goal, and the care-oriented envi­ronment at home, where multiple issues need attention.

Balancing it all may be daunting, but it is possible to reconnect with one another individually and as a family. It is possible to recreate a family in which each member feels safe, cared for, and involved. Why merely survive when you and yours could thrive?