You will miss out on some near soul mates. This goes for friendships, too. There will be unforgettable people with whom you have shared an excellent evening or a few days. Now they live in Hong Kong, and you will never see them again. That’s just how life is.

When you're wondering whether she's his daughter or his girlfriend, she's his girlfriend.

The French aren't perfect, but they have some parenting secrets that really do work.

There are no grown-ups. We suspect this when we are younger, but can confirm it only once we are the ones writing books and attending parent-teacher conferences. Everyone is winging it, some just do it more confidently.

By your 40s, you don't want to be with the cool people; you want to be with your people.

There are no grown-ups....Everyone is winging it, some just do it more confidently.

To be a different kind of parent, you don't just need a different parenting philosophy. You need a very different view of what a child actually is.