As the family goes, so goes the nation and so goes the whole world in which we live.

'Happiness is having a large, loving, caring, close-knit family in another city.'

'Divorce is when mommy and daddy yell at each other then they spread apart. Then they put up a 'for sale' sign in front of the house and they spread farther and farther apart until they can't come back ever again and it's very sad.' (teaching her 4-year old brother)

'I'm not beautiful, I'm pretty!' (Angrily at age 2 and a half. After getting into his sister's toy makeup case and being called beautiful...)

'Dank Dank' (Reflecting his inability to accept compliments for several years.)