I come from a dysfunctional family, so my views of parents and parenting used to be highly mixed.
We live in a dark time. Books are as dark as what is available to teenagers through the media every day.
If we just allowed women and men more leeway in our culture and more acceptance, I think they would be able to make better compromises.
The fantasy that appeals most to people is the kind that's rooted thoroughly in somebody looking around a corner and thinking, 'What if I wandered into this writer's people here?' If you've done your job and made your people and your settings well enough, that adds an extra dimension that you can't buy.
