Presents a guide for overwhelmed parents on how to achieve greater happiness in everyday family life, drawing on the latest research to outline common missteps and practical solutions.

Introduction: This could be fun -- Interlude: Ten mantras for happier parents -- Mornings are the worst -- Chores: more fun if someone else does them, and your child should -- Siblings: they can bring the fun and they can take it away -- Sports and activities: fun for everyone, except when they're not -- Homework: more fun when it's not yours -- Screens are fun, limiting them is not -- Discipline: this hurts me more than it hurts you -- Food, fun, and family time -- Free time, vacations, holidays, birthdays, and other on-demand "fun" -- the end of the book, not the journey.