The bottom line: If you want a happier family, bring those skeletons out of the closet.

Everybody has heard that family dinner is great for kids. But unfortunately, it doesn't work in many of our lives.

Children who plan their own goals, set weekly schedules, evaluate their own work build up their frontal cortex and take more control over their lives.

One day, my daughter Tybee came to me, and she said, ‘I have so much love for you in my body, Daddy, I can’t stop giving you hugs and kisses. And when I have no more love left, I just drink milk, because that’s where love comes from.’

I'd say my best memory was climbing Mt. Fuji, and the worst memory was... trying to fit my feet into the free giveaway slippers at Japanese schools.

There is profundity to explore, but also laundry to do.

The most successful families embrace and elevate their family history, particularly their failures, setbacks and other missteps.