Sons and parents

[Gene C]

Don't want to over anaylize this, but Robert probably went through what most teens do. A bit embarrassed by their parents, a bit rebellious, and the son of a very famous person (who through much of his presidency was very unpopular). Robert spend a great part of his adult life protecting the image and legend of his father (and at the same time always living in his father's shadow) and doing his best in trying to take care of a strong willed mother who was not quite right upstairs. All in all, he probably did a pretty good job, under the circumstances. We havn't even touched on his marriage to a women who was born with a silver spoon in her mouth, and his own rebellious daughter. Life ain't easy for the rich and famous either. Sometimes the things we are envious of bring their own share of troubles.

I think both parents were very proud of their children. Robert was just beginning to show his potential as an adult when his father died..