Nobody has ever before asked the nuclear family to live all by itself in a box the way we do. With no relatives, no support, we've put us in an impossible situation.

“If we call these foothills, can we call the little trees 'foot trees?''' (While driving in the foothills.)

“This is our house. And this is America Online.” (While pointing at a map of the North American continent.)

'Families are about love overcoming emotional torture.'

'Divorce is when mommy and daddy yell at each other then they spread apart. Then they put up a 'for sale' sign in front of the house and they spread farther and farther apart until they can't come back ever again and it's very sad.' (teaching her 4-year old brother)