Since I did want well-behaved kids, though, I read a few books to get other ideas for discipline. I'll be glad to lend them to you, if you're interested. I'm sure Dana's told you that Dad was gone a lot. But when I've had a choice, I've sought out assignments that keep me close to home as much as possible, as well as ones that help keep my family in one place for more than a year at a time. Those moves every year are hard on kids.
Time is one of the most important gifts a parent can give a kid.
Jeez, I feel like some kind of pop psychologist, Mulder. Although Scully's probably wondering if I've chickened out and flown the coop, so to speak. Maybe we could talk about this some more later, if you wouldn't mind. Corny as it may sound, love is the key to good parenting. My dad may not always have approved of our choices.