if you are a stepparent, rush right out and get yourself a dog. Because it's very nice to have someone in the house that loves you.

in the family I grew up in, being called boring was like being called an ax murderer.

One quarter of what you buy will turn out to be mistakes.

I'm planning to give up worrying. I want to, but I'm worried I won't be able to.

As complicated as joint custody is, it allows the delicious contradiction of having children and maintaining the intimacy of life-before-kid s.

There is something fantastic about getting divorced. Everyone should do it to experience the extraordinary sense of freedom after being in marriage jail.

Children are a house's enemy. They don't mean to be - they just can't help it. It's their enthusiasm, their energy, their naturally destructive tendencies.