Don’t Remind Me: Ex Names Resurface When he scrunched up his teeny little forehead, he did look remarkably like an old man. Or, as a friend of mine used to say about these bald newborns, "a Soviet leader." When at peace though, this adorable eight-hour-old son of my niece proved once again that babies are the ...

The Pickle As an associate judge in the family court, an occasional responsibility was talking with children who were the subject of the custody litigation.    I was reminded of one such experience recently over a ham sandwich.  The litigation involved a child who had been the first- and only- born of a young ...

Move From Oldest to Middle Child Ever since I was a young lad, I was the big kid in the house.  Being four years older then my brother, I was always the top dog and gained such recognition.  Then when my mother remarried, three new stepsiblings were ...