Wordplay

As a father, I know that there is at least one good thing I have done for our four children, and that was teaching them, by daily example, the value and fun of wordplay. And to this day, now in their thirties and forties, their conversation is vital and alive with puns and ridiculous combinations of words and meanings. They can read something like Letters and Figs without missing a beat, or thinking it unusual, or a strange way of expressing oneself. I might add that each of them has attracted a wealth of friends who rely on them for their positive attitudes and humor — their mother and father among them.

[ 1989 ]