FAMILY INC

It’s Monday evening and there’s not a drop of milk in the house, someone forgot to pay the phone bill, and there’s no present to give Aunt Jackie for her birthday tomorrow. Welcome to the average American household. In Family Inc., authors Caitlin and Andrew Friedman show harried couples everywhere that the secret to rediscovering sanity at home can actually be found in the workplace skills we rely on every day.

Caitlin and Andrew met while working at a thriving public relations firm. Fifteen years, a wedding, twins, house, and three careers later they found themselves drowning in the minutiae of daily life and responsibilities, forever under the gun and too stressed out to enjoy what little time they had together. But then, on a long car ride, inspiration struck and they were on their way to solving the challenges we all face in these demanding modern times. In this invaluable guide to making your household run more smoothly so that you can enjoy the more important things in life and love, the Friedmans share their discovery that bringing home everyday workplace skills and systems such as regular family meetings, “employee evaluations,” budget setting, and long-term planning, is the key to creating the stress-free home we all seek. Using the tools offered throughout this book and the advice shared by the authors and the experts they interview, you will soon see chores completed, tensions eased, and more family downtime than you ever thought possible. Caitlin Friedman is best known for her Girl's Guide series (coauthored with Kimberly Yorio), which includes the bestselling titles The Girl's Guide to Starting Your Own Business and The Girl's Guide to Being the Boss (Without Being a Bitch). She has appeared on the Today show many times and been featured in multiple national publications including Time and Real Simple. Andrew Friedman is the author of Knives at Dawn: America’s Quest for Culinary Glory at the Bocuse d’Or, the World’s Most Prestigious Cooking Competition, and has collaborated on more than twenty books and cookbooks with many of the best chefs in America. As a sports writer, he is an editor at-large for TENNIS magazine and coauthor of American tennis star James Blake’s New York Times bestselling memoir Breaking Back. His is also the founder and chief contributor to the website Toqueland.com.