Children matter

Among guests at a party once given by Ambassador Dwight W. Morrow was Calvin Coolidge (future US President.) When Coolidge left, Morrow told the remaining guests that Coolidge would make a good President. They disagreed: Coolidge was too quiet and lacked color and personality. No one would vote for him, most of the guests claimed. Then Morrow’s daughter, then age six and who would one day become a renowned author, said ‘I like him.’ She held up her finger with a small bandage around it, saying, “He was the only one who asked about my sore finger.”
Calvin Coolidge eventually was elected President in 1923 after the death of his predecessor Warren Harding. He was re-elected for a full term in 1924. He restored public confidence in the White House after the scandals of his predecessor's administration and left office with considerable popularity. As a Coolidge biographer wrote: "He embodied the spirit and hopes of the middle class, could interpret their longings and express their opinions." And through it all, Miss Morrow was right. So never underestimate a child’s opinion!