Many a family, in order to make a 'proper showing,' will commit itself for a larger and more expensive house than is needed, in an expensive neighborhood. Almost everyone would, it seems, like to keep up with the Joneses.
It is a truism that children need more of Mother than of money.
I testify to you that God's pay is the best pay that this world or any other world knows anything about.
The seeds of divorce are often sown and the problems of children begin when Mother works outside the home.
The one man other than my father who made the most lasting impression was an uncle, Serge B. Benson. He taught me in three different classes - but above all, he taught me lessons in moral, physical, and intellectual courage that I have tried to apply in later life.
Build traditions of family vacations and trips and outings. These memories will never be forgotten by your children.