For two  1) When the writer stoops to cover his own family, you can bet he's stuck for ideas; 2) Unless one's family is terribly unusual, such efforts violate a great unspoken but true  Other Peoples' Kids Are Boring.
Most of the time, writing about one's family is a good idea even if nothing special is going on with them.
mnli hypothesis: Most of the time, writing about one's family is a good idea even if nothing special is going on with them. premise: For two  1) When the writer stoops to cover his own family, you can bet he's stuck for ideas; 2) Unless one's family is terribly unusual, such efforts violate a great unspoken but true  Other Peoples' Kids Are Boring.