What Really Goes on at Home

Seen here expressing his displeasure by viciously attacking his mother's arm, baby Graham sets the pace around home like a petty dictator. A man of few words, he nevertheless communicates his exact needs to Mom with perfect clarity. The little bully has us waiting on him hand and foot and all he does is lay around the house. Fortunately his mutiny hasn't spread to the others… yet.



In fact, we have buckled down on the older boys. Below, you can see how we punish the children when they act out: they are forced to pull Elijah around the yard (Elijah is punished by being forced to walk under his own power).



Though some may consider it cruel and unusual, we do have other means to bend their will to ours: we call it re-education. The boys, when they have shown signs of thinking for themselves, are forced to listen to lectures illuminating the role of private ownership in the formation of western culture, the debate over transubstantiation between the Fourth Lateran Council of 1215 and the Protestant Reformation of 1517, and the significance of symbiotic relationships between the flora and fauna of various environments.


When Brennan is finished speaking, Tanner and Elijah are expected to pass a written (or finger-painted) exam.