 We tried so hard to make things better for our kids, we made them worse. For my grandchildren, I'd like better. I'd really like for you to know about hand-me-down clothes and homemade ice cream and leftover meatloaf sandwiches. I really would. 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 that nobody gives you a brand new car when you're 16. And it'll be good if at least one time you can see puppies born and your old dog put to sleep.