Everybody has heard that family dinner is great for kids. But unfortunately, it doesn't work in many of our lives.

The key idea of agile is that teams essentially manage themselves. ... It works in software, and it turns out that it works with kids.

After a while, a surprising theme emerged. The single most important thing you can do for your family may be the simplest of all: Develop a strong family narrative.

Our instinct as parents is to order our kids around — it's easier, and frankly, we're usually right. [But] reverse the waterfall as much as possible. Enlist the children in their own upbringing.

Take a walk with a turtle. And behold the world in pause.

It's like they say in the Internet world — if you're doing the same thing today you were doing six months ago, you're doing the wrong thing. Parents can learn a lot from that.

Tired of nagging your kids to hurry up, get dressed, drink their milk and brush their teeth? Here's a radical idea: Don't.

I'm a fifth generation Jew from the South, and I would say that I felt this connection to my religion, but it wasn't a spiritual connection.

But humans disappoint. Adam, in tasting the fruit, indicates that he prefers Eve to God, so God banishes them.

Here's a confession: I hate parenting books. I hate the ones that are earnest and repetitive.

I set out to write an anti-parenting parenting book.

How disorienting and isolating immortality must be, and how strong he must be to weather it.

Theatre is a must for actors. They should try it at least once. It makes you disciplined, teaches you to respect your work, and boosts your confidence as an actor.

During the divorce process, I lived alone and tended to get extremely down on myself.

A talent somewhat above mediocrity, shrewd and not too sensitive, is more likely to rise in the world than genius.

The more women walk around in sweat pants, the harder it is to tell who's out jogging and who's running away from a mugger.

I think words were Reagan's greatest weapon - and more powerful than the Strategic Defense Initiative, which did not come to fruition in his lifetime.

But a lie is a lie, and in itself intrinsically evil, whether it be told with good or bad intents.

Technique-bodily control-must be mastered only because the body must not stand in the way of the soul's expression.

I started running track when I was 13 years old, as a freshman in high school. I ran the 400 meters, which is a very tough race and a full sprint.

Peace is our goal but preparedness is the price we must pay.