Give shalom a chance

TLC show offers concrete counsel for families | Harrison Scott Key

After 500 years or so of enlightenment, Western man finds himself back where he started: The world crumbles. Our families splinter. Husbands ignore wives, wives ignore discipline, and children ignore everybody.

So, where shall wisdom be found? It's no surprise that our TV screens are filled with shows that presume to answer this question. Shalom in the Home (TLC, Sundays, 7/6 central) is one of those shows.

Every week, Rabbi Boteach Shmuley blows into town in his Streamliner, and he's there to help. The format is familiar. Act One: Some family is about to self-destruct when help arrives in the form of an Expert (Super Nanny, Dr. Phil, Rabbi Shmuley, et al.). Act Two: Each member of the family looks in the mirror and weeps like a baby. Act Three: Everyone promises not to FILL IN THE BLANK anymore. Everyone hugs and weeps a little more. Exit the Expert to solve someone else's problems.

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