A father of nine children and the founder of Familius.com, Christopher Robbins (the Pater Familius) pens his thoughts on how to be happy while raising children in such a way that we embrace the imperfect system we call parenthood. We laugh, we cry, we debate and finally agree that parenthood is a unique and individual journey that reveals far more about ourselves than any other pursuit.

Christopher Robbins is the founder and president of Familius, a publishing company focused on helping families be happy, and author of the daily blog on family life at www.familius.com/blog. He is the father of nine children who have experienced all of hi