Sometimes the pain outweighs the good things.

There's nothing like a good family when you're really up a tree.

Separation is where you see if it works better with the adults in two different homes.

When you fail to see something, that doesn't mean I'm hiding it.

Almost no one can take on an entire future in one step, much less while reeling emotionally.

Attractions are things we all should be good at saying no to, because our Department of Attraction is arguably the least reliable and productive office in our entire brain.

And if you're a parent who thinks you're okay because your kid doesn't have a phone or iPod yet, and/or you've used all the parent controls to filter out explicit material, you're not okay. The filters are tissue paper and your kid without a phone is on a school bus or in a locker room or at a public park with phone-equipped kids every day. And they're like all kids in exploring - by whatever means available to them - exactly what their parents are treating as too embarrassing or taboo to talk about.