There is a generational shift. Parents want to blend a child-centered life with an adult-centered life. They see the city as a place to stay rather than to leave.

Mental illness existed in America 200 or 300 years ago, only under a different name. We've developed a wider array of behaviors that we now term mental illness.

We've been living through this massive transformation where those predictable pathways have really eroded.

People tend to believe that everyone that gives birth is ready for parenting and they're not. He just had parents that weren't ready to parent and still aren't.

Prejudice against certain groups can come from the home. They learn by hearing their parents. If parents make fun or are mean to those who are different, that is how children learn their parent's value system.

It's not like somebody opened a drawer. That's not the scenario here. This is a 10-ounce baby on a morgue stretcher.