Changing schools and friends is hard on children and can often make them desperate and lonely enough to form closer ties with a sibling.

Single people slip out of the dating market for many social, economic, psychological, and ideological reasons including marriage, illness, bankruptcy, job promotion, exhaustion, and common sense. Inevitably, however, they return because of divorce, boredom, loneliness, and memory loss.

Tip the world over and everything loose falls into L.A.

every one of us possesses a gene predisposing us toward rivalry, competition, and fits of envy with any past, present, or future siblings.

I wasn't very good about the pain. I started screaming for painkillers after the third contraction and didn't stop until my daughter was eating solid food.

I discovered, quite early in motherhood, that the longest and most painful deliveries occur when you give birth to stepchildren.

There are three very good reasons to travel: 1. See the world. 2. Meet new people. 3. Room service.