The author observes the shift now that children are not a source of labor for the family, that they have gone from employees of the parents to the bosses of the parents.

Even when our children are still young and defenseless, we feel intimations of their departure. We find ourselves staring at them with nostalgia, wistful for the person they're about to no longer be.

You don't have a good story until something deviates from the expected, " says McAdams. "And raising children leads to some pretty unexpected happenings.

What makes a mother? Looking at your child and identifying emotion

Vocabulary for aggravation is large. Vocabulary for transcendence is elusive.

The 20th century, the author observes, fostered the idea that fulfillment is possible on Earth.

The phrase "having it all" has little to do with having what we want.

Your children are going through life with their eyes closed, so YOU'RE the one who has to steer.

Children live life as a controlled experiment.

Couples with children may argue more, the author suggests, because children are a reminder of just how crucial our choices are.

With every challenge you face, there is an opportunity hidden that will lead you towards the path of wealth and abundance.

Pride helps us

Too much mercy... often resulted in further crimes which were fatal to innocent victims who need not have been victims if justice had been put first and mercy second.

Since all things are God, in all things thou seest just so much of God as thy capacity affordeth thee.

The more developed a nation is, the more complete is the independence of the individual, and the safer the individual from encroachments by another.

Tis toil's reward, that sweetens industry, As love inspires with strength the enraptur'd thrush.

Fate loves best such syllables as are sweet and sonorous on the tongue.

Clearly, a stable, unified and democratic Iraq cannot be achieved militarily by the U.S.

I'm a lover of my own liberty, and so I would do nothing to restrict yours.

Ali's daughter is fighting and Joe Frazier's daughter is fighting as well.