Never Mind What You've Heard. Halle Berry

Becoming Food Savvy Is One Thing, But It's Amazing How Fast Savvy Turns To Snooty, And Snooty Leaves You Preparing Three-hour Meals That Break Your Budget And That The Kids Won't Even Eat.

The Golden Child May Be The Oldest One, Unless It's The Youngest. It May Be The Toughest One, Unless It's The Most Sensitive. It's Not Even Necessary That Mom And Dad Have The Same Favorite - And Typically They Don't.

Operating-room Errors Hold A Special Terror For Patients, If Only Because They Seem Like The Most Avoidable Kind Of Complications. The Occasional Horror Stories Of Patients Who Have The Wrong Leg Removed Or The Wrong Knee Replaced Generate The Most Headlines, As Do Tales Of Patients Whose Identities Are Mixed Up Entirely.

Your Parents Leave You Too Soon And Your Kids And Spouse Come Along Late, But Your Siblings Know You When You Are In Your Most Inchoate Form.

Certainly, People Can Get Along Without Siblings. Single Children Do, And There Are People Who Have Irreparably Estranged Relationships With Their Siblings Who Live Full And Satisfying Lives, But To Have Siblings And Not Make The Most Of That Resource Is Squandering One Of The Greatest Interpersonal Resources You'll Ever Have.