RIVER CITY JOURNAL: NEVER STOP ASKING GOOD QUESTIONS -- OR WHY

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Friday, February 3, 1995

It was only yesterday that your sons sat around the dining room table each school night and did their homework. Occasionally you would wander through and say, "If you have any problems, just ask." They thought that was really funny. Fathers, they knew, had no clue about new math, much less calculus or trigonometry. Fathers, they knew, were good for allowances and keeping gas in the car. And paying the insurance. On the whole, you seldom had to ask a father for anything truly important.

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