“Like plowing, housework makes the ground ready for the germination of family life. The kids will not invite a teacher home if beer cans litter the living room. The family isn't likely to have breakfast together if somebody didn't remember to buy eggs, milk, or muffins. Housework maintains an orderly setting in which family life can flourish.” IfsHomeKidsTogetherRememberWorkRoomsTeacherReadySettingSettingsBeerEggsBreakfastInvitesMilkFamily LifeLiving RoomOrderlyHouseworkMuffinsPlowing Author:Letty Cottin Pogrebin
“The Canadian kid who wants to grow up to be Prime Minister isn't thinking big, he is setting a limit to his ambitions rather early.” ThinkingWantBigsKidsGrowsGrowing UpLimitsAmbitionSettingSettingsMinistersPrimePrime MinisterThink Big Author:Mordecai Richler
“A surefire method of setting up regular communication with your kids is to get a job in an office which discourages personal phone calls. Your kids will then call you every hour on the hour.” ChildrenKidsJobsHoursCommunicationOfficeOur ChildrenMethodPhonesSettingSettingsTelephonesDiscouragingPhone Calls Book:Murphy must have been a mother!: (and other laws I live by) Source: Murphy must have been a mother!: (and other laws I live by)