We educate our children about every aspect of their future lives: their studies, their careers, etc. And yet! Something escapes us. Something crucial for their true happiness, something essential for their fulfillment. What is it: Their education to live with someone else, their preparation to share a common life.

Is this skill taught? How much does the family life of their early childhood and teenage years affect the quality of their future family?

The author, a parent, grandparent, and teacher, with his rich pedagogical experience and his consistent spiritual life, explores this sensitive aspect of education. He does not give recipes, he does not offer ready-made solutions, but he presents empirical proposals.

The thoughts and soul-searching of the author are accompanied and supported by the blessed words of Saint Porphyrios, whom the author has known and repeatedly experienced the fruits of his sanctity!