“When I was growing up, the white picket fence meant harmony with your house, your family, your spouse. Everybody wanted a house with a picket fence.” But that could be any fence. How did a ...

When Alisa Newman was shopping for a home earlier this year, she harbored no fantasies of a white picket fence surrounding a single-family home. Instead, she opted for a townhouse. “I decided on ...

“I will miss everything about,” she says, “her dream house with the white picket fence.” “I just hope that another family loves it the way I have.” For more information about this ...

For generations, societal pressure often dictated a linear progression: education, career, marriage, and then children. While this remains a valid and fulfilling choice for many, a significant ...

When Bob blames Bug’s estrangement from the family on the adoption agency, the Korean orphanage, everything and everyone beyond the white-picket fence—“Not us. Not this place. Not what has ...