Foreword -- Preface -- Introduction -- What's your family like? -- Self-worth: the pot that nobody watches -- Communication: talking and listening -- Patterns of communication -- Communication games -- The rules you live by -- Systems: open or closed? -- The couple -- Your family map -- The can of worms in action -- Special families: one-parented and blended -- The family blueprint: your design for peoplemaking -- The family blueprint: some essential ingredients -- Family engineering -- The extended family -- The family in the larger society -- The family of the future.