Please Consult the Manual

One night, Ian was quite distraught when I came home, caught up in the heat of some show-down with Amy, and he made a useful reference to help me understand the gist of the issue, in a dramatic, weepy voice:

"Daddy, if you want to know what's going on, you should read the first chapter of 'Your Seven-Year-Old."

(September 7, 2011)