I would like kids and grandkids to have it better today than we did growing up, but while they are watching tv, on the internet or playing video games, there are some other things they should know...


I'd really like children to know about hand me down clothes and homemade ice cream and leftover meat loaf sandwiches.

I hope you learn humility by being humiliated, and that you learn honesty by being cheated.

I hope you learn to make your own bed and mow the lawn and wash the car.

And I really hope nobody gives you a brand new car when you are sixteen.

It will be good if at least one time you can see puppies born and your old dog put to sleep.

I hope you get a black eye fighting for something you believe in.

I hope you have to share a bedroom with your younger brother or sister. And it's all right if you have to draw a line down the middle of the room,but when they want to crawl under the covers with you because they're scared, I hope you let them.

When you want to see a movie and your little brother/sister wants to tag along, I hope you'll let them.

I hope you have to walk uphill to school with your friends and that you live in a town where you can do it safely.

On rainy days when you have to catch a ride, I hope you don't ask your driver to drop you two blocks away so you won't be seen riding with someone as uncool as your Mom.

If you want a slingshot, I hope your Dad teaches you how to make one instead of buying one.

I hope you learn to dig in the dirt and read at least one comic book.

When you learn to use computers, I hope you also learn to add and subtract in your head.

I hope you get teased by your friends when you have your first crush on someone, and when you talk back to your mother that you learn what ivory soap tastes like.

May you skin your knee climbing a mountain, burn your hand on a stove and stick your tongue on a frozen flagpole.

I don't care if you try a beer once, but I hope you don't like it. And if a friend offers you a joint, I hope you realize he is not your friend.

I sure hope you make time to sit on a porch with your Grandparents and go fishing with your Uncle.

May you feel sorrow at a funeral and joy during the holidays.

I hope your mother punishes you when you throw a baseball through your neighbor's window and that she hugs you and kisses you when you give her a plaster mold of your hand for her birthday.

I hope you go through tough times and disappointment, hard work, love and happiness. To me, it's the only way to appreciate life.

rd turning into an old "those damn kids" grouchy bastard

burn your hand on a stove

I've done that about 5 times in the past 2 years. I hope the man realizes what an awful xperience it is 2 burn your hand on a stove & takes that part back

PURPLEJACKSON9 said:

listen to tour mama then when you're two--she keeps tellin you to stay away.."hot!!!" Friggin rug rats dont listen, let them learn then

don't touch honey, them hot things will burn ya

It's funny, I've also touched fireplaces & pizzeli makers but I ain't learned my lesson yet. My mamma was kind 'o' a pyromaniac.