As parents, the major part of our duty is to prepare our children for successful adulthood. That is not easy. One does not know at what stage of a child’s life they begin to process information that will adhere to their psyche and become part of the foundation that their personalities will be built on.

I decided that you can never begin to guide too early. To be sure, we teach at very early ages that hot water burns and knives cut flesh.

So I was sitting with my eight-year-old daughter, listening to her chatter on and on at about 100 miles per hour, when I decided it was a perfect time for a life lesson.

“Listen, honey,” I said reaching down to hold both her little hands in mine.

“You’re boring the ever-loving fuck outta me with all this talk. How do you ever expect to keep a husband if you talk so damned much?”