going to grow from story to story, and it was unlike any of the other series i had done or created. i always said it was a book about childhood for adults. that was one of the things the series was. the stories that did see print all had flash-forwards from the 1950s to the ’60s, ’70s and beyond. so there is also a cause and effect aspect to the series. oftentimes, the series would look at what adults think they are teaching kids, and what the child really takes from what has happened.
eventually, there would have been stories that occurred when the mothers and fathers were five years old, 