Over the weekend, the NYTimes ran an article titled "Baby Makes Four, and Complications" which tells the story of a woman, her son, her sperm donor and his lover, citing them as an example of the changing face of the American family. This was no big news to me. After all, the idea of the traditional nuclear family is being questioned every day, and for the first time ever, the percentage of households headed by married couples has dropped below 50 percent (according to 2010 U.S. Census figures). What particularly caught my eye about the article was its accompanying interactive webpage, "How Many Households Are Like Yours?" Upon entering the page, the visitor is prompted to choose the primary residents of his/her household, to...