MY FATHER WHEN I WAS . . .
by Ann Landers

4 years old: My daddy can do anything.
5 years old: My daddy knows a whole lot.
6 years old: My dad is smarter than your dad.
8 years old: My dad doesn't know exactly everything.

10 years old:

In the olden days when my dad grew up, things were sure different.
12 years old: Oh, well, naturally, Father doesn't know anything about that.  He is too old to remember his childhood.
14 years old: Don't pay any attention to my Father.  He is so old-fashioned!
21 years old: Him?  My Lord, he's hopelessly out-of-date.
25 years old: Dad knows a little bit about it, but then he should because he has been around so long.
30 years old: Maybe we should ask Dad what he thinks.
35 years old: I'm not doing a single thing until I talk to Dad.
40 years old: I wonder how Dad would have handled it.  He was so wise and had a world of experience.
50 years old: I'd give anything if Dad were here now so I could talk this over with him.  Too bad I didn't appreciate how smart he was.  I could have learned a lot from him.

from A 2nd Helping of Chicken Soup for the Soul
by Jack Canfield and Mark Victor Hansen

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