From their teenage years on, children are considerably more capable of causing parents unhappiness than bringing them happiness. That is one reason parents who rely on their children for happiness make both their children and themselves miserable.

Every poll about the Left, the Right, and happiness reveals that the farther left one goes, the less happy the person is likely to be.

For all of higher civilization's recorded history, becoming a man was defined overwhelmingly as taking responsibility for a family.

Whatever feminists may say about their only advocating choices, everyone knows the truth: Feminism regards work outside the home as more elevating, honorable, and personally productive than full-time mothering and making a home.

It is easier to take a position in the abstract than when it hits home.