A Developmental View of Fatherhood (用发展的眼光看父亲): My Father (author unknown) 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: On, 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 My Lord, he’s hopelessly out-of-date. 25 years old: Dad knows a little bit about it, but then he should, because he has been around so long. 30 years old: Maybe we should ask Dad what he thinks.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.
Source: Annie’s Mailbox (Kathy Mitchell & Marcy Sugar: 6-19-2011/A Poem for Dad for His Special Day)
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