The agent crept across the floor, taking each step with precision. His stockinged foot landed on a sharp object unseen in the dark and he winced in pain, drawing a sudden, sharp breath to stifle a scream. He paused. Had he been heard? “Whaaaaa!” The baby starting crying. Any first-year dad would have known better [...]

A colleague returned to work after her twelve-week maternity leave full of stories about childbirth and infant care. To hear her talk, she and her husband are the first human beings in the entire history of the world to have had a child. This is completely ridiculous since my wife and I were the first [...]

Having children is like signing up for an eighteen-year stint on a quiz show. Day in and day out you’ll be peppered with rapid-fire questions the way shooting gallery ducks are pelted with BBs. Even before your children can speak, you know that they’re storing up questions so that their first complete sentence will be [...]