The brothers can argue, with justification, that banks, institutions and other investors have seen fit to back them all the way.
Moreover, her world title was achieved without team support, at a distance from a British Cycling establishment that has not seen fit to back her with the kind of long-term plan that took Mark Cavendish to the title in 2011.
So it's fitting to look back and ahead when reviewing the Year in Parenting.
Wright is confident that he is fit to be back on the field, having undergone tests with trainers and neurologists.
As another ground crew member put it: "If you're so fit to fly, you're fit to get back up those stairs and find it yourself".
But the judges said that neither that contention, nor Mr. Fentress's ability to be "charming, compliant and courteous" meant he was fit to be back in society.
It hardly draws much attention, but our area is a world-beater at cleaning wastewater so it's fit to pump back into the Potomac.
"The lads are doing a great job, so I'll leave them to it until I'm fit to be back in the shirt".
"I'm disappointed with the way things have gone this year at Millwall... hopefully this time at Yeovil will get me fit to go back".
It makes no difference if it is expelled that way, he explains, rather than through the extractor fitted to the back of the unit.
Filming innovations include suction cameras fitted to the backs of orcas.
