There is a story told about George Bernard Shaw meeting a beautiful actress. The actress said, "Let's get married and have children. Just think, your brains and my looks." Unimpressed, Shaw replied, "But what if the child has my looks and your brains?"Often parents have the right concepts but apply them wrongly or emphasize the wrong things.

Rabbi Stephen Baars of Bethesda teaches “Bliss,” a marriage seminar that mixes Powerpoint presentations with advice drawn from the Torah and Talmud, at Aish HaTorah learning center in Bethesda Aug. 19.  A Rabbi, a marriage counselor and a comedian walk into a room...