If the new American father feels bewildered and even defeated, let him take comfort from the fact that whatever he does in any fathering situation has a fifty percent chance of being right.

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Old is always fifteen years from now.

Old is always fifteen years from now.

Always end the name of your child with a vowel, so that when you yell...

Always end the name of your child with a vowel, so that when you yell...

Every closed eye is not sleeping, and every open eye is not seeing.

Every closed eye is not sleeping, and every open eye is not seeing.

The childless experts on child raising also bring tears of laughter to my eyes when...

The childless experts on child raising also bring tears of laughter to my eyes when...

Nothing separates the generations more than music. By the time a child is eight or...

Nothing separates the generations more than music. By the time a child is eight or...

The past is a ghost, the future a dream, and all we ever have is...

The past is a ghost, the future a dream, and all we ever have is...

Fatherhood is pretending the present you love most is soap-on-a-rope.

Fatherhood is pretending the present you love most is soap-on-a-rope.

The heart of marriage is memories; and if the two of you happen to have...

The heart of marriage is memories; and if the two of you happen to have...

The truth is that parents are not really interested in justice. They just want quiet.

The truth is that parents are not really interested in justice. They just want quiet.

Nothing separates the generations more than music. By the time a child is eight or...

Nothing separates the generations more than music. By the time a child is eight or...

The essence of childhood, of course, is play, which my friends and I did endlessly...

The essence of childhood, of course, is play, which my friends and I did endlessly...

Advertising is the most fun you can have with your clothes on.

Advertising is the most fun you can have with your clothes on.

The main goal of the future is to stop violence. The world is addicted to...

The main goal of the future is to stop violence. The world is addicted to...

Anyone should be able to say on stage what they want. But those who have...

Anyone should be able to say on stage what they want. But those who have...

These people marched and were hit in the face with rocks to get an education...

These people marched and were hit in the face with rocks to get an education...

I am certainly not an authority on love because there are no authorities on love,...

I am certainly not an authority on love because there are no authorities on love,...

The past is a ghost, the future a dream. All we ever have is now.

The past is a ghost, the future a dream. All we ever have is now.

Nature, our father and mother, gave us all we have got. The state, our elder...

Nature, our father and mother, gave us all we have got. The state, our elder...

When superstition is allowed to perform the task of old age in dulling the human...

When superstition is allowed to perform the task of old age in dulling the human...

Playing poker in their Quonset hut on Tinian, killing the last hours of the preatomic...

Playing poker in their Quonset hut on Tinian, killing the last hours of the preatomic...

Colleges are like old-age homes, except for the fact that more people die in colleges.

Colleges are like old-age homes, except for the fact that more people die in colleges.