Most people do not listen with the intent to understand; they listen with the intent to reply. - Stephen Covey

Integrity in an interdependent reality is simply this: you treat everyone by the same set of principles.

Anything less than a conscious commitment to the important is an unconscious commitment to the unimportant.

Many families are managed on the basis of crises, moods, quick fixes, and instant gratification — not on sound principles. Symptoms surface whenever stress and pressure mount: people become cynical, critical, or silent or they start yelling and overreacting. Children who observe these kinds of behavior grow up thinking the only way to solve problems is flight or fight.