What's with you men? Would hair stop growing on your chest if you asked directions somewhere?

Somewhere it is written that parents who are critical of other people's children and publicly admit they can do better are asking for it.

It is not until you become a mother that your judgment slowly turns to compassion and understanding.

Like religion, politics, and family planning, cereal is not a topic to be brought up in public. It's too controversial.

I've been building classrooms for children. Computer labs for kids. It's such a huge problem and so many children just aren't given a chance in life.

I don't want to expose my personal life. It's best that people know me for my work. My family doesn't want to be surrounded by cameras. We want to live like any other family.

People who have the drive to achieve spend most of their time on what brings them the most tangible, immediate sense of success. Investments in our family only pay off in the very long term.

I've had the kind of complex life I write about. I was a single mother for 12 years. I'd been engaged. The wedding fell through. I then discovered I was pregnant and opted to have the child on my own. I was a professor. I was in my mid-30s. I could manage it financially.