Daddy Big Bucks

Part of the dadjob is presenting bad news in a good light and casting a shadow o'er the good so your kid's head doesn't inflate too grandly — carrying him/her skyward where as we learn from the tale of Daedalus and son Icarus a crash is inevitable.

So, as financial markets roil, it is interesting to consider Papa Money, Warren Buffet, who has just released his 2007 Berkshire Hathaway shareholder recap. He coats some bad news with honey, suggests outsize investments are unlikely to bubble forever, and generally seems the sort of man who can somehow turn out two boys and a girl (Peter, Howard and Susie) who pursue their own muse, but still can be counted on to help their father with what he considers important (now, in his later years, philanthropy).

** Never the money, always the man. **