cover image Familyhood: Nurturing the Values That Matter

Familyhood: Nurturing the Values That Matter

Lee Salk. Simon & Schuster, $20.5 (0pp) ISBN 978-0-671-72936-3

The late author, a child psychologist at Cornell Medical College for some 25 years, wrote numerous parenting guides ( How to Raise a Human Being ) and the column ``You and Your Family'' in McCall's magazine. This posthumous publication continues his efforts to help members of families (``the most fundamental institution that human beings require'') to understand and appreciate one another. Frequently citing information from a 1989 national survey on family values, Salk calls for common sense in dealing with problems involving divorce, siblings, stepchildren and so forth. His own related experiences as father, husband and brother provide an eloquent testimony to the inestimable value of close family relations. First serial to Family Circle. (Aug.)