Good Families Don't Just Happen
Good Families Don't Just Happen
The book that shows you how to create the family life you want—by parents who’ve learned by raising ten sons!
Catherine Musco Garcia-Prats and Joseph A. Garcia-Prats, M.D. would be remarkable if only for the fact that they have ten sons. But what’s really impressive is that they’ve succeeded at raising ten “good son” who are not only successful at their studies and sports—but are respectful, compassionate, and responsible—and active participants in the nurturing, cooperative, mutually-supportive “working together” that helps families thrive.
Good Families Don’t Just Happen is their program for creating a happy, organized family-despite the inevitable conflicts, crises, and sacrifices that all families encounter. With simple advice and easy-to-follow principles that help you make your family run as smoothly as a well-managed organization, they provide the tools and the inspiration you need to create your own “good family.”
Additional Information
ISBN 10: 0-9763294-0-9
ISBN 13: 978-0-9763294-0-4
Softcover: 264 pages
Published: 2005
About the Authors
Catherine (Cathy) Musco Garcia-Prats is a wife and mother, a former first grade teacher, an author, and motivational speaker. She received her Bachelor of Science degree from Loyola University New Orleans. Cathy and her husband Joseph A. Garcia-Prats, M.D., a practicing neonatologist at Baylor College of Medicine and Professor in the departments of Pediatrics and Ethics, have been married 35 years and are the proud parents of ten sons ranging in age from 33 to 15—from a pediatrician to a freshman in high school.
Cathy authored Good Sons Don’t Just Happen: Insights on Raising Boys from the Mother of 10 Sons. She co-authored with her husband Joseph the bestseller Good Families Don’t Just Happen and Good Marriages Don’t Just Happen. They lecture nationally and internationally, individually and as a couple, on parenting, family, marriage, and relationships.
Joseph A. Garcia-Prats, M.D. is a Professor and practicing neonatologist at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston and holds joint appointments in the Department of Pediatrics and Center for Ethics, Medicine and Public Issues. He is originally from El Paso, Texas where he went to Jesuit High School after which he obtained his undergraduate degree at Loyola University New Orleans. He received his medical degree at Tulane Medical School and did his pediatric training and fellowship in neonatology at Baylor College of Medicine. He is the Medical Director of the Arnold J. Rudolph Memorial Newborn ICU, Ben Taub General Hospital and the Deputy Medical Director of Nurseries, Ben Taub General Hospital. Joseph was the 2007 recipient of the Arnold J. Rudolph Lifetime Teaching Award at Baylor College of Medicine. Joseph and his wife, Cathy, have been married 45 years and are the proud parents of ten sons ranging in age from 43 to 25—from a pediatrician to a freshman in high school.
Reviews
“Good families are created by faith, love, and effort. That is the message of this comprehensive, excellent book written by a Catholic couple on coping with a large family.”
—Patricia Spencer Arlington Herald
“In a time when many parents seem stretched to their limits coping with just one or two children, Cathy and Joe Garcia-Prats have lovingly filled their home with ten sons. They have written a book, Good Families Don’t Just Happen, which shares their parenting expertise and philosophies. Yet the news is not only that they have a lot of sons—they have 10 well-mannered and responsible sons. Self-respect and respect for others are building blocks of their child-raising theories. Even more remarkable, Cathy and Joe have maintained their sanity, sense of humor, and loving relationship.”
—Dawn Dorsey City Life