My Father When I Was ...

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 My Lord, he's hopelessly out-of-date.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. After all, he's had a lot of experience.
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.


Ann Landers