Working mothers do an hour more per day than working fathers do and working mothers do on average an hour more per day with the kids than working fathers do.

So, the total number of hours spent on the stuff you have to do to take care of a family, working and caring for stuff at home, the total number of hours is actually about the same for mothers and fathers.

My father used to play with my brother and me in the yard. Mother would come out and say, "You're tearing up the grass"; "We're not raising grass," Dad would reply. "We're raising boys";

An average working day begins at 8 or 9 am, includes an hour for lunch, and ends at 5 or 6 pm.

The chain of cultural memory has broken down. I get kids in my class whose mothers and fathers didn't have a clue about cooking, and they're lost. There's a gap and it's just part of the culture.

There is no teacher equal to mother and there's nothing more contagious than the dignity of a father.