Selective ignorance, a cornerstone of child rearing. Parents should sit tall in the saddle and look upon their troops with a noble and benevolent and extremely nearsighted gaze.
Source: Leaving Home, Easter, 1987.
-- Garrison Keillor, (Aug 7 1942-____), US author, producer; He created the radio program A Prairie Home Companion about Minnesota life at Lake Wobegon, 1947-87; wrote Lake Wobegon Days, 1985.