My mom actually would not allow me to watch 'Dawson's Creek!'

I do have an occasional temper - I sort of inherited my dad's short fuse.

Mama: But something might happen. Something that might change everything. Who knows what it might be, but it might be worth waiting for! {Jessie doesn't respond.} Try if for two more weeks. Jessie:...

Today while the titular head of the family may still be the father everyone knows that he is little more than chairman at most of the entertainment committee.

He made my mom call and tell Maureen I wouldn't be in to see her anymore. He said therapy is a waste of money. He also told her to upgrade the cable service and to order him a subscription to Military...

I turned into the Greenbrier High School parking lot with a singular mission: figure out a way to keep my brothers from chasing off every guy who seemed interested in me.

I never thought to ascribe my mother's emotional and physical exhaustion to the lack of a husband and father; rather, I ascribed it to my existence. In other words, I grew up learning the exact...

She tries to wear her pain on the inside. She always has. It's the trademark of the oldest sibling, I think.

The point of an organic family is to release the children from the disadvantages of being extensions of their parents so that they can belong primarily to themselves. They may accept the services that...

The American family shattered for the simple reason that it was American, not global.

But yeah, like everyone else in our family, they could go from zero to murderous in a fucking heartbeat.

He sits, strong and blunt as a Celtic cross, Clearly used to silence and an armchair: Tonight the wife and children will be quiet At slammed door and smoker's cough in the hall.

All the profits that Papa made by the sweat of his brow from his mill she extorted from him and spent the lot on expensive dressmakers who made her luxurious dresses. But she was too mean to wear...

My Lord Father! How joyful it is to find you here! Lord Tywin did not move from his seat, but cast a long, searching glance at his deformed son. "I see, the rumors of your death were unfounded." "I'm...

Zoe also knew her stepmother did not love her. Or even like her very much. In truth, Zoe was pretty sure her stepmother hated her. Sheila treated her at worst as an irritant, at best as if she were...

"It's called Two and a Half Men," Dermot was telling his guest. "I understand," Bellenos said. "Because the two brothers are grown, and the son isn't." "I think so," Dermot said. "Don't you think the...

If you have always suspected your sister of an inclination to madness, it will be my pleasure to confirm your worst fears.

Parental behavioral factors - including fathers who are responsive and positive, mothers who favor "self - directed child behavior," and parents with emotional intimacy in their marriages - influence...

Also, your father.

Parents might not be keen on the idea of seeing each other, but then essentially

Penelope {the parrot} squawked, 'I'll do it because I want to but not because you tell me to!' Mary was certainly surprised at that because she thought that had made up that brilliant remark. She...

Mama's voice was surprisingly calm and caring. As you can imagine, this worried the girl a great deal. She'd have preferred to hear them arguing. Whispering adults hardly inspired confidence.

Miriam came to consider Eliza a gosling born into a family of ducks, loved and accepted, but always and forever a goose.

In the prosperous household of Sylvie's childhood, Cook was called 'Cook' but Mrs Glover preferred 'Mrs Glover'. It made her irreplaceable. Sylvie still stubbornly referred to her as Cook.

I bet they'd be divorced by now if I hadn't been born. I'm sure I was a huge disappointment. I'm not pretty or smart or athletic. I'm just like them - an ordinary drone dressed in secrets and lies. I...

In truth Mr Jonas Silk was as niggardly as he was jealous, and my sister Beatrice had as much interest in Kansas as she did in the czar of all the Russias, and so my brother Mr. Horace Silk worked out...