"Not being virulently and overtly racist against black people" and "treating gay people like human beings" are necessary conditions of greatness.

Worrying seems like a fairly natural state of being for a parent, so feel free to worry as much as you want.

It's one thing to be a high achiever; it's quite another to privately sneer at your girlfriend's friends after feigning friendliness because they have the "misfortune" to drive a bus for a living.

You, too, will someday die, perhaps under inconvenient circumstances, at a time when you do not particularly wish to, and for causes that you cannot yet predict.

You can't prevent a possible future closeness between your upcoming child and one or more of their grandparents.

It is so tempting to return rudeness with rudeness!

Reciprocating oral sex is, in general, a very good idea!