To my way of thinking, the American family started to decline when parents began to communicate with their children.
Erma BombeckIt's the three pairs of eyes that mothers have to have...One pair that see through closed doors. Another in the back of her head...and, of course, the ones in front that can look at a child when he goofs up and reflect 'I understand and I love you' without so much as uttering a word.
Erma Bombeck