My father-in-law, a nationally known psychologist, has successfully reared a family of five. My husband and I in turn have six small children. One holiday we were visiting our in-laws, along with an army of cousins, brothers-in-law, sisters-in-law, small nieces and nephews, and the home was a beehive of activity. Suddenly Rebekah, our five-year-old, came running excitedly to the table where the adults were chatting over coffee and announced that George, our three-year-old, had locked himself in the upstairs bathroom.

There was an immediate look of concern on the faces of all the adult parents. "Don't be alarmed, "my father-in-law said reassuringly. "There are two more bathrooms downstairs."

Arlene C. Crane
Reader's Digest
August 1971, pp. 140