"But from the perspective of the aging..." - Quote by Dave Barry
But from the perspective of the aging parent, there is no major difference between four and fifteen, except that when your child is four, his motoring privileges are restricted to little toy Fisher-Price vehicles which are unlikely (although I would not totally rule it out in America) to sue you.
More by Dave Barry
“My theory is that there is a finite amount of intelligence in a family, and you're supposed to gradually transfer it to your children over a period of many years. This is why your parents started to get so stupid just at the time in your life when you were getting really smart.”
“Ask any real estate broker to name the three most important factors in buying a property, and he'll say: "Location, location, location." Now ask him to name the chief justice of the United States Supreme Court, and he'll say: "Location, location, location." This tells us that we should not necessarily be paying a whole lot of attention to real estate brokers.”
“Sign at a Tennessee highway: When this sign is under water, this road is impassable.”
More on Parenting
“Some mothers need happy children; others need unhappy ones-otherwise they cannot prove their maternal virtues.”
“The best way to make children good is to make them happy.”
“I would say the most satisfying thing actually is watching my three children each pick up on their own interests and work many more hours per week than most people that have jobs at trying to intelligently give away that money in fields that they particularly care about.”
More on Children
“If we are meant to "love thy neighbor as theyself," then surely we should love the world's children as our own.”
“India has over 20 percent of the kids born in the world. And they move around a lot.”
“I want my children - I want Malia and Sasha - to understand that they've got responsibilities beyond just what they themselves have done. That they have a responsibility to the larger community and the larger nation, that they should be sensitive to and extra thoughtful about the plight of people who have been oppressed in the past, are oppressed currently.”