"It takes a village to raise a child" African Proverb. Well, tell me....how about six? Having a large family ( The Johnson's just might have been the originator of the term "supersize") The Johnson family home was similar to an orchestra pre-concert. To an outsider listening to the mishmash of sections warming up, it would drive them batty, then the closer it would get to concert time, the hum became less...eventually the conductor would take their place and with the quick taps of their baton/wand all sections, eyes up and like a well-oiled machine the one-time hodgepodge of fractured sound played music so sweet, it was often thought to come from angels.
Each Johnson child had a network of Godparents, coaches, teachers who at times acted as Eddie and Bobbies proxy in keeping a watchful eye, safe harbor, and yes, at times relief while keeping the values in line with the family ideals.