How many times have you been wrong…in a day? A week? Ever? What do you do to teach your grandkids how to deal with mistakes?

As for me, personally, was I ever W-R-O-N-G? Me, wrong???? No way.

That is my knee-jerk reaction when faced with someone accusing me, in their opinion, that I made a mistake.

What are some of your etiquette lessons? We’d love to know.

Did you ever have a time when you weren’t sure what was the “proper” way to act was? Do we shake hands now? Do we open the door for someone? What do you think is “right?”

For me, my dilemma’s growing up were; Which fork do I use? How do I address an adult? Do I have to say please? What about thank you? Writing thank you notes…why?

Reading out loud sharpens young minds, boosts their listening skills, fosters their imagination, enhances communication, and much more. When teachers, parents, and grandparents read out loud to their children, they are advancing literacy development. But what if you are trying to enhance the development of their values? You can use those same principles to install your family’s vision, mission, and core values in a meaningful way for a preschooler. 

When I was a kid, I was always excited to learn new words. We were the fortunate family that, with a mere 18 payments, our family would be a proud owner of the World book encyclopedia set. The door-to-door salesman said that it was written in layman's English and designed to cover significant areas of knowledge with a particular focus on science, technology, and medicine. We had the world at our fingertips.

What would you do if you knew you had 6 months to live?

I know that's a heady question, but we never take the easy road with our blogs.

If you don't know, that is the premise of an impressive 2007 movie, The Bucket List starring Morgan Freeman (a car mechanic) and Jack Nicholson (a billionaire).

Cheers, an American sitcom television series that premiered in 1982 and ran for nearly eleven years. The theme from Cheers, "Where Everybody Knows Your Name," is a great saying and song that has stuck with me since the early 80s. After college, I moved to Atlanta from Wisconsin, in 1981, and needless to say, nobody knew my name. Like many, I had to learn to make friends after leaving my family, sorority sisters, and high school friends in the midwest. Southern folks were extremely welcoming, but I was a Northerner, and it took me a while to make friends with my Northern accent. After 40 plus years in Atlanta, I never picked up the Southern accent, and to this day, I still say "you guys," as do my two daughters, born in Atlanta in the late '90s.

If grandchildren visit for a weekend, or a week or two, have a planned schedule of fun. To make it memorable, create a name for your camp, such as GG's Week, Nanaland, or Gramping. Our kids' summer camp at my parent's lake house was called Camp Cadillac, coined by our youngest son. Having dyslexia, he confused the word Cadillac with Kayak. The term stuck as we enjoyed cadillacing (kayaking) all summer long. You can create matching t-shirts with the camp name or logo for fun. A distinguishable shirt serves a dual purpose during field trips to easily spot members in your group.

If you're old enough to remember those words, then you probably have realized that "Father knows best" is God's truth.

Those words, Father Knows Best, are from the title of what was first a 1950's radio show and later a TV sitcom that ran from 1954 thru 1960. The father, Jim Anderson, was played by actor Robert Young. Jim always had wise advice in response to his children's questions, requests and problems.