This is the other thing: we make the cost of raising kids higher than it has to be just because we feel they need all this stuff, like gadgets, certain schools, and activities that are nice but aren't really necessary.

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Home life is a foreign environment for most guys. So it's natural to show them...

Home life is a foreign environment for most guys. So it's natural to show them...

I spend as much time with my kids as any mom who stays home. I...

I spend as much time with my kids as any mom who stays home. I...

I don't remember my mother ever playing with me. And she was a perfectly good...

I don't remember my mother ever playing with me. And she was a perfectly good...

I just don't know a couple that's been married more than three years that doesn't...

I just don't know a couple that's been married more than three years that doesn't...

Most of my friends from college became dental hygienists or went into retail, a lot...

Most of my friends from college became dental hygienists or went into retail, a lot...

I have to keep reminding myself: If you give your life to God, he doesn't...

I have to keep reminding myself: If you give your life to God, he doesn't...

It's hard enough to work and raise a family when your kids are all healthy...

It's hard enough to work and raise a family when your kids are all healthy...

I'm sort of a slob.

I'm sort of a slob.

It's a little bit in the genes because my brother is a journalist and my...

It's a little bit in the genes because my brother is a journalist and my...

I felt totally released from the need to make it as an actress. I had...

I felt totally released from the need to make it as an actress. I had...

I've learned to look like I'm listening to long confusing plots of cartoons and comic...

I've learned to look like I'm listening to long confusing plots of cartoons and comic...

Men are very competent in their workplace - and this is going to sound sexist...

Men are very competent in their workplace - and this is going to sound sexist...

I think Raymond is very honest about human relationships.

I think Raymond is very honest about human relationships.

Boys wear their hearts on their sleeves. Even when they're trying to pull one over...

Boys wear their hearts on their sleeves. Even when they're trying to pull one over...

Plastic surgery is like a big elephant sitting in the Hollywood living room.

Plastic surgery is like a big elephant sitting in the Hollywood living room.

Before we had the kids, my husband and I were traveling a lot and working...

Before we had the kids, my husband and I were traveling a lot and working...

I'm not good at accepting help.

I'm not good at accepting help.

I just have always felt that I think we know that it's an ensemble show,...

I just have always felt that I think we know that it's an ensemble show,...

You kind of think people get sick of you after a while, but apparently not.

You kind of think people get sick of you after a while, but apparently not.

We did an episode where she goes out to get a job and she gets...

We did an episode where she goes out to get a job and she gets...