The wisdom of Dear Abby

"If you want your children to turn out well,
    spend twice as much time with them and half as much money."
Pauline Phillips (b. 1918)

You probably know Pauline (Friedman) Phillips as Abigail Van Buren, or more likely, as Dear Abby. She started the popular advice column in 1956. Her daughter, Jeanne, continues writing the column today.

I think Dear Abby beats Dr. Spock in the advice-on-how-to-raise-your-children area. I don't presume I could say what she said any better.

I will just add this reminder: put the Xbox controller and the hand held video game and the child cell phone on top of the refrigerator or in the garage or somewhere else where they're out of sight. Try doing it for a while every day. And tell your kids that electronics are turned off at meal times, and are verboten in restaurants.

See how that works out.


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