I'm hoping she hangs tough on manners. Michael Shannon is a commentator and is the author of "A Conservative Christian's Guidebook for Living in Secular Times." Email him at mandate.mmpr@gmail.com.

SHANNON: That is, yeah - particularly my daughters. I mean, that's the one thing, you know, that won't change, is I love them very much, and I always will. And they're my, you know, favorite people.

SHANNON: That is, yeah - particularly my daughters. I mean, that's the one thing, you know, that won't change, is I love them very much, and I always will. And they're my, you know, favorite people.

And I imagine it informed your choices about how you wanted to raise kids and how you wanted to be a parent. Shannon: Yeah, I get uncomfortable taking too much credit for it. I definitely think there ...

SHANNON: That is, yeah - particularly my daughters. I mean, that's the one thing, you know, that won't change, is I love them very much, and I always will. And they're my, you know, favorite people.