I set out to write an anti-parenting parenting book.

Everybody has heard that family dinner is great for kids. But unfortunately, it doesn't work in many of our lives.

Knowing more about family history is the single biggest predictor of a child's emotional well-being. Grandparents can play a special role in this process, too.

Learning to heal ruptures is a key to having a successful relationship. Adam and Eve model that for all of us. In Hollywood love is a choice, and you live happily ever after. In real life love is a series of choices. You make the choice to be with a person over and over again.

The way to tell a really big story, I think, is to tell a really small story.

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.

Even Superman's name reflects his creators' biblical knowledge.