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

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

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.

Except among those whose education has been in the minimalist style, it is understood that hasty moral judgments about people in the past are a form of injustice.

There should not be any excuse. If we don’t like our heritages, we've the power to change them for good. Let’s go beyond using lame excuses...

All of my bad ideas were always my best.

One thing about which fish know exactly nothing is water, since they have no anti-environment which would enable them to perceive the element they live in.

What I did next was so impulsive and dangerous I should've been named ADHD poster child of the year.

To what extent is any given man morally responsible for any given act? We do not know.

The only thing to know is how to use your neurosis.

Nullification means insurrection and war and the other states have a right to put it down.

There are worse things than getting a call for a wrong number at 4 am. It could be a right number.

Ideal date is doing something new, either hiking a new place I've not been, or learning something weird and new like pottery.... and then a meal.