12 Freedoms of Healthy Families
By Greg Alan
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12 Amazing secrets to growing stronger and happier families.
Greg Alan
Greg Alan lives in Fairfield, Ohio with his Wife, Two Kids, and a Labrador Retrievapotomus. In addition to operating Freeing Families, he works as a freelance graphic designer, owns a childcare center, sings in a rock band, and tries to get some sleep now and again.
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12 Freedoms of Healthy Families - Greg Alan
The 12 Freedoms of Healthy Families
by Greg Alan
Published By Discovery Ventures, LLC at Smashwords
Copyright 2012 Discovery Ventures, LLC
ISBN978-0-9855642-0-9
www.freeingfamilies.com
Table of Contents
Introduction
About This Book
Chapter 1 – Nurture
The Freedom to Attempt Fearlessly
The Freedom to Dream Boundlessly
The Freedom to Support Openly
The Freedom to Think Independently
Chapter 2 – Play
The Freedom to Play Innocently
The Freedom to Experience Fully
The Freedom to Relax Completely
The Freedom to Limit Carefully
Chapter 3 – Communicate
The Freedom to Question Respectfully
The Freedom to Confront Safely
The Freedom to Contribute Generously
The Freedom to Speak Truthfully
Resources
About the Author
Introduction
My Family
I was born in 1973. Nixon was president, Vietnam was smoldering, the economy was crippled, and most Americans were holding on the best they could. My parents were two of them. Childhood sweethearts, they had known each other since grade school. They graduated in 1970, married in 1971, and, by the time I came along, we lived in an old, rented farmhouse in Troy, Ohio.
Dad had started college, but dropped out because money was tight. Back then, it was common to get a job without a degree and his training in electronics helped him find employment as a maintenance electrician. It paid the bills and we spent four years in that farmhouse before we realized our slice of the American dream and bought our