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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I know the situations that we do every week are all ones that I encounter...

I know the situations that we do every week are all ones that I encounter...

I was raised Catholic and I'm Presbyterian now, but I've always been a Christian, regardless...

I was raised Catholic and I'm Presbyterian now, but I've always been a Christian, regardless...

I've always been an independent person, but that independence was in the setting of security.

I've always been an independent person, but that independence was in the setting of security.

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...

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...

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...

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 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...

But I think boys ultimately are easier than girls.

But I think boys ultimately are easier than girls.

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.

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...

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...

And I find it very easy to memorize the scripts, which are so close to...

And I find it very easy to memorize the scripts, which are so close to...

You see people all the time who are on hit shows and then you never...

You see people all the time who are on hit shows and then you never...

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,...

I'm not good at accepting help.

I'm not good at accepting help.

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...

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...

Again, I find it difficult to be taken care of and rarely acknowledge it, and...

Again, I find it difficult to be taken care of and rarely acknowledge it, and...

I was not an easy kid.

I was not an easy kid.