Challenging emotions and behaviours can ruin relationships, or become opportunities to connect and strengthen family ties and increase feelings of safety.
I’m realising that asking the question "how was school today?" gets about as much response as it does when my wife asks me, "how was work today?" - "Good".
For a happy family, don’t try to stuff too much stuff in. You’ll get better results for yourself and your family if you work within your capacity, physically and psychologically.