I admit I needed some outside support. For the most part, it was a totally selfish decision. We were out to prove our children to be brain-dead, pure and simple. The three in question were the latest arrivals: those who had been here 15 months,...

There are those who shun adoption in favor of reproducing their own superior genetic pool. Usually they live in trailer parks and could be confused with one of Chevy Chase’s Griswold family hillbilly relatives, but details, details. The folly of...

If you come to our house for Thanksgiving, there’s a high likelihood you may end up poisoned. It’s not that we’re bad cooks, not at all, it’s just that around this holiday, Something Always Seems to Happen. I would imagine it all began with...

Have you ever tried to do something positive for your kids, only to have it end up scarring them for life? Little League, scouts, or ballet class may fall into this category. They start out as a great idea… and then rapidly hit the skids. For us,...

It all started when our dentist put in a cappucino bar and hired Eastern European model-types to sit, draped here and there for effect. We were handed laptops to type in our own info upon arrival, so there really wasn’t much left for them to...