Many people raised on the myth of the perfect family wonder why their own falls so short of how it should be. Luree Nicholson and Laura Torbet believe that the family living together in idyllic unity and tranquility exists only in advertising land -- and that's all to the good. Much better is a family with the individual differences of temperament and opinion that has healthy disagreements, open expression of anger and frustration, and yes, even fights...fair fights.