Posted on 09/26/2006 7:58:14 AM PDT by Salvation
**Even more than that, simple stuff like my sister and I always doing the dishes helped make my relationship with her a close one. Even my little brother, who was a real PITA, since he was 5 years younger than I, formed a good relationship with me, partly at the dinner table and partly doing chores with me. **
Another reason to eat together -- then work together. And many families get the third priority in there too -- pray together.
Sounds like real love to me! LOL! I can just imagine some of the answers to questions and the conversation it all generated!
And it really paid off when on 2 seperate occasions, with two different kids, mine were the only ones who could name all of the 15 countries in the Soviet Union, AND thier capitals ;)
Intelligence is 2 components, just like a computer. The basic genetic structure that we're born with and the amount of data it holds. No matter how great your genetics are, if you don't fill your brain with data, you're still going to be stupid as a stump :)
Godspeed
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