In the United States butter usually comes in 1/4 pound sticks. 1/4 pound of butter is eight tablespoons. Eight tablespoons equals 1/2 cup. So one stick of butter is a half a cup.
Best Answer: the child bosses the father around. the child thinks they are in control, but the parent should be in control of the child. It means that what you are as a child is how you will be as an adult. Or let me die! Bound each to each by natural piety. By William Wordsworth (1770-1850). As you are as a child, you are likely to be as a man. i'd say it means the father is more of a kid and the child is more of an adult. so the kid takes care of the dad, not the other way around.
Definition of father for Students. 1  1 : a male parent. 2  2 cap : god 1. 3  3 : ancestor 4  1. 4 : a person who cares for another as a father might.  5 : a person who invents or begins something the father of modern 1  science. 6 : priest Hint: This sense of father is used especially to address a priest or as a priest's title.