{"product_id":"2940151287333","title":"The Family as a Way into the Future","description":"The future of the family is a subject often approached with great anxiety in these times. I propose to strike a new tone of inquiry, and to ask what discoveries lie before us about the °family. Since family-type togetherness is the oldest and longest-continuing human experience, it is not unlikely that what lies ahead for us as members of the human race will be arrived at in the context of having been formed as persons in family-type settings in the past and in the present. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs a futurist I have long been convinced that families are the primary agents of social change in any society. It is in this setting that individuals first become aware that the passage of time means growth and change, that tomorrow is never like yesterday. It is in this setting that one’s first daydreams about a different future take place. I have come to find the phrase “the Tao of family” meaningful, because it reflects the special nature of family as directioned movement. Tao means the way, and the Tao of family is the Way of Family into the future. In this view the family is not a barrier between us and a better society, but a path to that better society.","brand":"Pendle Hill Publications","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47068972318960,"sku":"2940151287333","price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940151287333_p0.jpg?v=1764008666","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940151287333","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}