• Four years old:
  My daddy can do anything.
• Five years old:
  My daddy knows a whole lot.
• Six years old:
  My dad is smarter than your dad.
• Eight 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, Dad doesn't know anything about that. He is too old to remember his childhood.
• 14 years old:
  Don't pay any attention to my dad. He is so old-fashioned.
• 21 years old:
  Him? My Lord, he's hopelessly out of date.
• 25 years old:
  Dad knows 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.
• 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