Like many men, as I get older I am beginning to lose my hair. My children remind me of this reality from time to time, they and sometimes enjoy pointing it out to others.

When my son was studying fractions in his second-grade class, one of his assignments was to use fractions in sentences. His teacher sent his work home for me and my wife to see. The sentences read: “2/4 of myfamily are girls. 2/4 of my family are boys. 1/4 of my family is bald.”