You may be frustrated with religion, but don't take that out on God.

One of the things I've learned is to be much more open about my frailties and about our failures, because when you show your kids how you can resolve conflict in your life in real time, you're giving them confidence that when they have conflicts, they can push through them.

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.

It's like they say in the Internet world — if you're doing the same thing today you were doing six months ago, you're doing the wrong thing. Parents can learn a lot from that.

Fathers can find great inspiration in faith.

I had always believed that I left a bit of me wherever I went. I also believed that I took a bit of every place with me.

But humans disappoint. Adam, in tasting the fruit, indicates that he prefers Eve to God, so God banishes them.