Parents and teens may not see eye-to-eye, but one writer is trying to help parents get their message across. In the book, "How to bury a gold fish: and other ceremonies for everyday life" the author believes that performing small ceremonies, like flushing a goldfish down the toilet, father son journeys, or celebratory haircuts with your teen will help them from becoming depressed and withdrawn.
How to Bury a Goldfish instills meaning in the passages of everyday life. It melds many of the world's oldest traditions with contemporary celebrations, allowing people to honor life's events in tangible ways. Not a book of complex rituals with several elements, this is a collection of simple celebrations for anyone in the family.
The "rituals" the authors describe are so basic that it's hard to believe a publisher was interested in putting out this book -- such novel ideas as having family members write down resolutions on New Year's Eve and help each other through the year with sticking to the resolutions, writing "I love you" on the napkin you put in your child's lunch, taking your child's picture every year on the first day of school. The book is in stores now.
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