The key idea of agile is that teams essentially manage themselves. ... It works in software, and it turns out that it works with kids.

Religion is increasingly a woman's domain in America.

Americans know more about religion than almost any other topic.

I'm a fifth generation Jew from the South, and I would say that I felt this connection to my religion, but it wasn't a spiritual connection.

Decades of research have shown that most happy families communicate effectively. But talking doesn't mean simply 'talking through problems,' as important as that is. Talking also means telling a positive story about yourselves.

When faced with a challenge, happy families, like happy people, just add a new chapter to their life story that shows them overcoming the hardship. This skill is particularly important for children, whose identity tends to get locked in during adolescence.

One question hovers over all of us who choose to spend our lives writing: why keep doing this in a world where so many forces are aligned against us?