Happy Family

In The Happy Family: Restoring the 11 Essential Elements That Make Families Work, prolific parenting authors Linda and Richard Eyre (How to Talk to Your Child About Sex) argue that parenting is harder than it's ever been: ""In America today, more teenage boys go to jail than join the Boy Scouts."" The Eyres, whose Teaching Your Children Values reached #1 on the New York Times bestseller list, maintain a moralistic tone and conservative agenda (smaller government, less media saturation) throughout, making impassioned arguments for renewing commitment to the priorities of marriage and family, and the importance of religion-based principles and -values to family life. ( June 9)