The only answer that has any chance against against the information saturation kids face these days is to talk openly with kids, early enough and often enough and unflinchingly enough that you set the precedent of being the safe place they can go to ask their difficult questions. It has to happen starting when they're 2 or 3, and they ask you where babies come from and instead of freaking out and deflecting, you give facts commensurate with their ability to understand.

You need to make plans for your future, so plan your own future.

Your job is to be you, which includes being the chief beneficiary of all things you do right, the chief victim of all you do wrong, and the one person on Earth who has to live with every choice you make. As gatekeeper to your life, you’re it.

You can't make someone agree with you, not even when you're 100 percent sure you're right.

You don't want someone who can't tell the difference between having a different opinion and dismissing your opinion.

Sometimes the pain outweighs the good things.

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