one day. whatever the agreement, get it in writing. it is a disaster plan. but we don t plan to use it. protect yourself. because you don t know what the future is going to hold. reporter: you absolutely don t. and all the lawyers i talked about this said get it in writing, get a legal agreement. but this is very controversial. and we re seeing more and more websites pop up matching people to be co-parents. so we reached out to the center for marriage and families at the institute of american values and i want to read you part of the statement they sent us. they vehemently oppose this. they wrote to us, parents who have been unwilling even to try to love or bond with one another are unlikely to be able to cooperate together throughout a child s lifetime. other ties will draw them away from the co-parenting relationship whether for romance or work. grown-ups are supposed to take on the job of making one family for a child. it is a hard job, but these parents are not even willing t
joins me now live from moscow. phil, what did he say? reporter: well, brooke, what we know about this phone call is from a section of it, a portion of it that his mother recorded and has released and made public. and from his mother s description of the bulk or the rest of the conversation, took place about a week ago, we re told. at the time they were told not to discuss the boston bombing case, the details, anything to do with the attack itself. so much of the conversation is really filled with parents asking questions about their son s health, safety, and well-being, checking he s okay, trying to comfort him. but for much of the conversation, it sounds like dzhokhar is really trying to comfort them. at one point, he is asked by his mother, are you in pain? and to that, he replies, with this, he said, no, of course not. i m already eating and have been for a long time. they re giving me rice and chicken now. everything s fine. his mother said you have to be strong, and he replied,
someone who is a good friend? it is a new twist on the modern family as more and more friends raise kids together. you have to see this. this is a report from poppy harlow. why don t we just do it? reporter: friends with kids. it is not just the stuff of hollywood movies. you want to have a kid. share all the responsibility and just skip over the whole marriage thing. look what i have? your new cup. reporter: call it the modern modern family. you say you broke all the rules. we did. bye-bye. reporter: dave and evelyn were co-workers before co-parents. you were her superior. i was. but we weren t we weren t messing around. so we weren t breaking every rule. reporter: heidi and david, friends for 20 years, joked in college if neither had a child by 36, they would have one together. i wanted a partner in