These are my kids, when they were all kids. They looked nothing like this between semi-annual and highly produced family photo shoots.

The 5 Rules of Parenting

After 54 cumulative years of it, here’s what I’ve learned.

I have four great kids, spanning the range from college to second grade. When people ask me why I have 4 kids, I tell them it’s because if I had 5 kids, I would need to run away to Australia.

Parenting is not without its charms, of course, but nor is it short on hard lessons. Someone recently asked…