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You have to defend your honor. And your family.

Family is conflict and it's something that we all relate to.

Families are families. We've all got them, more or less, and we all know what it's like to be bullied by another generation.

The question of the family now divides our society so deeply that the opposing sides cannot even agree on a definition of the institution they are arguing about.

We fight a lot, you know, but that's family. We may be dysfunctional but we're still family.

At best the family teaches the finest things human beings can learn from one another generosity and love. But it is also, all too often, where we learn nasty things like hate, rage and shame.

Family violence is a criminal act; perpetrators, while often former victims themselves, need to accept culpability.

Instead of getting angry at somebody for opposing you on something, you're just praying for them. You just pray blessings on them, blessings on their family.

Family quarrels are bitter things. They don't go according to any rules. They're not like aches or wounds, they're more like splits in the skin that won't heal because there's not enough material.

I cannot, will never, understand these couples who hate each other, who conduct open warfare in front of their children - the kind of people who have to drop the kids off at the end of the driveway in case they lay eyes on one another. At the very least, civility must reign.