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We met through mutual friends, although both of us refused our matchmaker friends for as long as we possibly could. Continual prodding by one of the friends made us finally agree to a date just to get the friend to stop the prodding. Who knows? The friend was right.

School's back in session here, and I'm really concerned over the amount of time our son spends on the school bus. He gets on around 3:00 and doesn't get off until around 4:15. Is this typical these days? I'm hoping the route is just slow and things will pick up.

I worry about everything, and about each child in all sorts of ways. Worrying solves nothing, but it's impossible not to be. My wife and I are cautious to a fault.

Teachers must establish their rules, and a strict one doesn't necessarily mean she's a bad teacher. In this case, a note from home stating the problem could help prevent the problem. I've seen the opposite true, where students are using the classroom like a revolving door. Heck, in high school...

When kids grow up around the pool with all the kids they look up to swimming, they learn to swim pretty quickly. I hired one of the high school swim team girls to work with my kids when they were three and four years old a few afternoons after school to learn to make bubbles and cup their hands...

Twins run in our family, too, although they haven't happened in my immediate family. There's a good chance for them. Somehow, we have more friends with twins than I remember from earlier years.

We have just started giving our children a specific amount they can spend on souvenirs and toys when we go on vacation. They can opt to save their money or spend it. Believe it or not, one child almost always saves his.

We know a lot of people who are divorced or separated. We usually hang out with our couples friends, and those friends who are single and looking usually hang out elsewhere. Most of the people we interact with socially who are single are our relatives. Still, I know a lot of single people...

Attention is key. If children don't get a healthy dose of attention in a good way, they'll find some way to get it in other ways. Giving a child your attention builds confidence and a sense of self worth. Time is important, but it needs to be attentive time.

We try to keep pets outside and not let them into the house. We don't freak out if the animals come in for a few minutes, but overall, we don't like the smells or the pet hair that inevitably accompany these bundles of joy. We do have good facilities outside for the cat and the dog we have.

I love reading, and I love playing sports with my children. They are still young, but they're getting interested in soccer right now, so we're knocking the balls around the field. I enjoy golf, too.

I agree with the Wicked Witch in the Wizard of Oz. All we have to do in our house is hear the first 7 notes in "da duh da duh da DUH da," and we're filled with dread.

After seeing our photos of the kids in the pool and in the trees by the pool at the beach this past week, we're realizing once again how fast they are growing up. The branches they couldn't reach are now so low the kids just scramble up them like monkeys.

Our kids' grandparents on both sides take a tremendous amount of interest in the children. They keep them on weekends, take them on trips and are always there when we need them.

I would rather err on the side of having a child earlier than I'd planned than on waiting too long to have a child that never came. I know too many people who had fertility issues in their 40s.

It's as okay for you to say you have "X" number of children as it is for people to pry and insist that you separate your biological children from your other types of children. If they are your children, just say, "I have six children." That should suffice unless you want to take it further.

My brother and his wife argue in front of their children, and it bothers me to no end. As a result, the children do way too much grumbling and arguing than I think is acceptable. We disagree and argue, but we have an agreement to contain it to when the children aren't around. We can also talk...

I don't want to have to put a sign in my yard. I think that might be asking for trouble in some cases. I know how to decline an offer. What I wish is that the phone peddlers would break their telephones when they dialed my number.

We do try to have our knives professionally sharpened at least once a year. I use one of those stones on them at other times. I don't know to begin to buy a really great knife.

I'm just a little techie. I used to be more so, but things have changed so much. I do have to keep up with the user end of most products they're using in the school classrooms because of my job. I just don't fix the inner workings.