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HAPPY

In his new book, best-selling author (and dad) Bruce Feiler

reveals the smartest ways to teach kids values, calm chaos at

home, and draw families closer together. Take his quiz (p. 6)

to learn how your family can be happier and more resilient.

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Q: If Shaquille O’Neal

could go up against

any basketball player

today, who would it be?

—Randy Foster, Nev.

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The actress, 65, plays Cora, the mother of the Evil Queen, on ABC’s Once

Upon a Time (Sundays).

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Q: I love Joel McHale

on Community. What

was college like for

him? —Don Schwartz,

Austin, Tex.

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Community College on the NBC comedy (Thursdays), received

a bachelor’s degree in history from the University of Washington in 1995. “I loved the subject, but it’s not like you can open a history shop!” says McHale, 41. “I wasn’t a very focused student. It was a fun time and a good experience, but I mostly wanted to be an actor, so I devoted a lot of my time to that.”

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1 When a team of psy-

chologists measured

children’s resilience,

they found that the kids

who ________ were best

able to handle stress.

(a) Ate the same breakfast

every day

(b) Knew the most about

their family’s history

(c) Played team sports

(d) Attended regular

religious services

Answer: (b). The more

children know about their

family’s history, the stron-

ger their sense of control

over their lives and the

higher their self-esteem.

The reason: These children

have a strong sense of

“intergenerational self”—

they understand that they

belong to something bigger

than themselves, and that

families naturally experi-

ence both highs and lows.

ONEBIGHAPPYFAMILYAS THE SAYING GOES, ALL HAPPY FAMILIES ARE ALIKE.

BUT WHAT DO THEY HAVE IN COMMON? TAKE OUR QUIZ TO

FIND OUT—AND DISCOVER HOW YOU CAN HAVE ONE, TOO.

There comes a moment in the life of nearly every parent when you look at the chaos around you and think: There must be a be� er way! For me, that happened a few years ago. Having survived the slog of sippy cups and diaper caddies with our then 5-year-old twin daughters, my wife and I were ready to develop a family culture. But what are the ingredients that make families e� ective, resilient, and happy? • It’s actually a great time to ask that question: Recently we’ve seen a stunning breakthrough in knowledge about how to make families run more smoothly. I spent the past

few years meeting with scholars, peace negotiators, online-game designers, the Green Berets, even Warren Bu� e� ’s bankers to try to glean the secrets to happy families. The questions here are meant to help you do the same.

Children are expected to learn how many new words per year during grades 3 through 12?(a) 500

(b) 1,500

(c) 3,000

Answer: (c). It may sound

daunting, but you can help

by teaching kids one new

word every day. Three

simple games are effective

at building vocabulary.

First, throw out a word

like bird or white and have

everyone list as many

related words as pos-

sible. Second, introduce

a prefi x or suffi x and see

how many words can be

created from it. Third,

open a newspaper or

magazine and ask the kids

to fi nd a word they don’t

know, then look up the

defi nitions and discuss.

3True or false:

When giving chil-

dren an allowance,

parents should force them

to divide their money into

equal piles for spending,

saving, and giving away.

Answer: False. An allow-

ance gives kids a chance

to practice something they

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FEBRUARY 17, 2013 • 7

Eating dinner together as a family has been shown to benefi t children,

but at least a third of Americans rarely do so. Which of these alternatives can offer the same benefi ts?(a) Eating breakfast together

(b) Having a bedtime snack as a family

(c) Scheduling a once-a-week Sunday supper

(d) All of the above

Answer: (d). Children who eat dinner with their families

do better in school and are less likely to drink, smoke, do

drugs, or develop eating disorders, yet one study found

Americans rank 23rd out of 25 countries when it comes to

family meals. Still, research shows that you can reap most

of the same benefi ts by gathering at other times, like at

breakfast—even if it’s just once a week.

won’t learn in school:

money management.

Dividing allowance money

into different pots is a

popular tactic, but you

shouldn’t force it on a

child. Instead, let him or

her decide how to spend

the cash. As one of Warren

Buffett’s bankers said, it’s

better to make a mistake

“with a $6 allowance than

a $60,000 salary or a

$6 million inheritance.”

4What do surveys

show that children

want most from

their parents?

(a) To spend more time

with them

(b) For the parents to be

less tired and stressed

(c) A bigger allowance

Answer: (b). An effective

way to cut down on stress

is to hold a weekly meet-

ing to review how your

family is functioning. Sit

together with everyone

and pose three questions:

“What worked well in our

family last week?” “What

didn’t work well?” And

“What can we work on

now?” The following week,

adjust and try again.

6 To encourage con-

versation and draw

your family closer,

arrange your living room

seating in a:

(a) U shape

(b) Circle

(c) L shape

Answer: (b). A study

of hospital patients in

Saskatchewan, Canada,

found that subjects were

friendlier to one another

when they were seated face-

to-face. The ideal distance

is about fi ve feet away, the

same vantage from which

Rembrandt and Leonardo

da Vinci painted portraits.

At that distance, the eye

can comfortably take in the

torso, hands, and face.

7The most common

time of day for

family fi ghts is:

(a) Morning

(b) Dinnertime

(c) Weekends

Answer: (b). Psychologists

in Chicago studied inter-

actions between moms,

dads, and kids and found

that the most highly charged

time was from 6 to 8 p.m.,

when parents are returning

from work and everybody is

hungry. To reduce fi ghting,

hold off on diffi cult topics

until everyone’s looked

through the mail, eaten, and

changed clothes.

8When it comes to

discipline, who

should pick the

punishments?

(a) Parents

(b) Kids

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Answer: (b). When kids have

a role in picking their own pun-

ishments, it can give them a

“greater sense of ownership”

over their behavior and may

increase the likelihood they’ll

follow through on changing

it, said Carol Dweck, Ph.D.,

a professor of psychology at

Stanford University.

9The worst word you

can say in a fi ght with a

spouse is:

(a) Me

(b) We

(c) You

(d) Your mother

Answer: (c). Pronouns are

the canaries in the coal mine

of confl ict. James Pennebaker,

Ph.D., chair of the psychology

department at the University

of Texas at Austin, citing studies

of married couples, says that

using a lot of fi rst-person pro-

nouns (“I” or “we”) is a sign of a

healthy relationship; using “you”

(as in “You always say that” or

“You never do this”) indicates

poor problem solving.

10If you’re having an argument with your partner or teenager, you can help reduce feelings of resentment if you:(a) Lie down and stretch out

(b) Sit up with good posture

(c) Lean forward and nod

(d) Any of the above, as long as

you’re both doing the same thing

Answer: (d). People who assume

power positions (feet up; leaning

over a table) tend to have increased

feelings of superiority, while

those in less powerful poses

(sitting lower; arms crossed)

tend to feel defensive and resent-

ful. To reduce feelings of power

imbalances, says environmental

psychologist Sally Augustin,

Ph.D., everyone in a conversation

should be at the same level, with

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11When men and

women were asked

the top three reasons

they argue with their spouse,

they agreed on only one.

What was it?

(a) Housework

(b) Children

(c) Money

(d) Sex

Answer: (c). The cliché is

accurate. Scientists posed

this question to about 4,000

men and women, and money

was the only answer cited

by both sides. Couples can

cut down on fi nancial confl icts

by dividing money into three

accounts—“yours,” “mine,” and

“ours”—and holding quarterly

meetings to discuss fi nances.

12When siblings

between the ages

of 3 and 7 are

together, how many times

per hour do they fi ght?

(a) One to two

(b) Two to three

(c) Three to four

Answer: (c). Siblings clash an

average of 3.5 times per hour,

studies show, with those fi ghts

lasting a total of 10 minutes. To

reduce squabbles, spend a few

minutes every day alone with

each child (so they’re not jockey-

ing for attention), and give them

chores to do jointly to build trust.

13Diffi cult conversa-

tions among

groups of family

members will go better if you

have two what?

(a) Coffee breaks

(b) Moderators

(c) Women

(d) Bottles of wine

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Answer: (c). Researchers

from Carnegie Mellon, MIT,

and elsewhere analyzed

nearly 700 people working in

groups and found that those

with a higher proportion

of females to males were

more sensitive to input from

everyone, more capable of

reaching compromise, and

more effi cient.

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meetings, you

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a mentor?

My father. He was a coal miner in West Virginia, and he wouldn’t allow me to be lazy. I remember him telling me, “One day, son, there’s going to be a woman and kids counting on you, and you have to be the type of man to get up and make it happen. So we’re going to start practicing now.” My daddy would be proud of me today, that’s for sure. If you are a boy without a male role model, it’s like being an explorer without a map, so it’s important to get the right fi gures in front of boys.

How do you spend Sundays?

I watch a lot of inspirational programming—Joel Osteen, Bishop T. D. Jakes, or Tony Evans. Then it’s on to the foot-ball games! My son orders pizza, and I just cool out with my wife and kids. The week-ends are family time.

What would people be sur-

prised to know about you?

I only have one pair of blue jeans, and I never wear them. I love suits and dressing up. When I’m at home, I like silk pajamas and a cashmere bath-robe. That combination feels pretty good!

Were you funny as a child?

No, I was pretty serious and reserved. I had a bad stuttering problem, so there wasn’t a lot that was funny to me. But I broke my stut-tering habit right before high school and became extro-verted in college.

Steve HarveyFrom Family Feud to his daytime talk show,

he’s the award-winning host with the most

Sunday with ...

Are your kids impressed with

their dad? [Harvey and his

third wife, Marjorie, have

seven children between them.]

My kids want me more as their dad than anything, so they don’t care that I’m on TV. They come and talk to me about regular stuff, about problems they’re dealing with. Being famous doesn’t change the rules of

Steve Harvey has hardly had a moment to sit down since retiring from stand-up

last summer. He’s behind the mic every weekday morning with his syndicated radio program, and he juggles hosting duties on both Family Feud and his eponymous daytime talk show, recently renewed for a second season. “I’ve had a job ever since I was 10 years old with my fi rst paper route,” says Harvey, 56, who won the People’s Choice Award for Favorite New Talk Show Host in January. “I’m hustling it as hard as I can. I’m talking outof-breath–type hustling!” The veteran performer talks to Erin Hill about family, fashion, and being funny.

See video of Harvey with his

most memorable guest (hint:

the Secret Service was involved)

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