{"text":"You raise them half-decent, and they grow up and leave. They move to Miami or California-- someplace with gourmet groceries and nude beaches because you've reared them to cook good and be liberal minded. It's just the opposite with your failures-- them kids stick to your tail like a cocklebur. You'd think it would be the other way around, but it's not. No matter how old I get, this will always amaze me.","author":"Michael Lee West","tags":["adult-children","grown-children","humerous","parenthood","problem-children","raising-children"],"id":211136,"author_id":"Michael+Lee+West"}