「如果你希望孩子穩重，在他們肩膀上放一些責任。」“If you want children to keep their feet on the ground, put some responsibility on their shoulders.”

“If you want children to keep their feet on the ground, put some responsibility on their shoulders.”
– Abigail Van Buren, Advice Columnist

「如果你希望孩子穩重，在他們肩膀上放一些責任。」– 范布倫 (專欄諮詢作家)
have/keep one’s feet on the ground 持非常實際、成熟穩重的態度。例：It is hard to keep your feet on the ground when you suddenly become famous. (突然成名卻不失輕浮是很困難的事。)
范布倫 (1918- ) 在 1956 年成立了 Dear Abby 專欄，專門提供建議給讀者，一度在全球 1400 家報社刊登，有 1 億 1000 萬讀者，出版商形容她的文章提供「非凡的常識及年輕觀點」。