Joseph and His Hats of Many Colors

See this Boy? This boy loves hats.

 Your son at five is your master, at ten your slave, at fifteen your double, and after that, your friend or your foe, depending on his bringing up.  ~Author Unknown

He who can be a good son will be a good father.  ~Author Unknown

 Be careful to leave your sons well instructed rather than rich, for the hopes of the instructed are better than the wealth of the ignorant.  ~Epictetus

 Giving your son a skill is better than giving him one thousand pieces of gold. 

 ~Chinese Proverb

 When a father gives to his son, both laugh; when a son gives to his father, both cry.  

~William Shakespeare

I asked him why he wears a hat every.single.day.


He just shrugged his shoulders, as if he didn't know.
"So I don't have to brush my hair?"
And that question in his voice made me wonder,
perhaps it's not just the hats that he loves.