I Set Out To Write An Anti-parenting

We No Longer Just Take Religious Identity From Our Parents, So What's Going On? Why Are People Going To This Series, Why Are People Reading So Many Books About Religion? It's Because They Want Answers. The Answers Are No Longer Just Passed Down From Generation To Generation. It's Harder For People. In Effect, You Have To Roll Up Your Sleeve And Ask The Questions. But If You Do It, If You Forge Your Own Identity, It Can Be Much More Personal And Much More Meaningful To You.

Americans Know More About Religion Than Almost Any Other Topic.

My Name Is Bruce Feiler, And I'm An Explainaholic. I First Heard This Word Used To Describe Isaac Asimov, And I Knew Instantly That I Suffered From The Same Condition. It's The Incurable Desire To Tell, Shape, Share, Occasionally Exaggerate, Often Elongate, And Inevitably Bungle A Good Story.

You Don't Need A Grand Plan, You Don't Need To Go Back To The Ancestors And Rewrite The Rules. You Just Need To Take Small Steps And Accumulate Small Wins.

It's Like They Say In The Internet World — If You're Doing The Same Thing Today You Were Doing Six Months Ago, You're Doing The Wrong Thing. Parents Can Learn A Lot From That.