A well-known expert on children went on the lecture circuit with a talk titled “Twenty sure-fire ways to nurture happy, healthy and well-adjusted children.”
Then he and his wife had their first child. He changed the title of his lecture to “Fifteen good ideas to help you raise your children.”
After his second child was born, the lecture became “Ten suggestions for raising children”
When his third child was born, he got out of the lecture business altogether.
There’s a joke that goes something like this:
A well-known expert on children went on the lecture circuit with a talk titled “Twenty sure-fire ways to nurture happy, healthy and well-adjusted children.”
Then he and his wife had their first child. He changed the title of his lecture to “Fifteen good ideas to help you raise your children.”
After his second child was born, the lecture became “Ten suggestions for raising children”
When his third child was born, he got out of the lecture business altogether.