The difference between rearing a child in your 20s and one in your 50s is one of patience.

Historically, there has been a clear and essential connection between marriage and responsible procreation and child rearing.

I was a very nerdy child. I never fit in, so I became laboriously studious.

Child-rearing can be a tedious and thankless undertaking.

I can speak of our baby like this to no one else. Who but his father would linger over the exact width of his gummy little smile or the blueness of his eyes, or the sweetness of his little lick of tawny hair on his forehead?

Know the difference between your necessary and discretionary expenses.