His father, Jim, a family court judge, tried to put the day's events in terms his son could understand.

She tried to explain what was happening, but assumed that her son did not understand.

Becker and his wife had tried for years to make their son understand that.

Obviously my sons understood what needed to be built and how to do it.

"My sons didn't understand why daddy was away so long."

His son would never understand and didn't forgive him at all; he was just thinking,How can it hurt to be nice to the old man?

He took a breath, spelling it out clearly, trying to make his son understand.

His son had been a soldier, and understood such things.

My son does not understand what pain and suffering the crown will bring him all the days of his life.

His language was filthy - how much my son understood I wouldn't care to guess.