Walls looked so much better when they are decorated with artwork. Markers and crayons work best.

The living room is so much better for running around and making noise than your own bedroom. A couch is best trampoline.

Money may not grow on trees, but it sure is always in your parents' pockets.

Real life, including your love life begins in kindergarten.

Parents are confusing. They tell you not to speak to strangers, then when you meet a stranger, they tell you to say hello.

Saying, "You look like Patrick from SpongeBob Squarepants is really a compliment.

No matter how many times you watch same TV show, listen to same song, read same book, watch same tape or dvd, you can never really get tired of it.

You can never have too many Thomas Tank Engine trains or Hotwheels cars.

Even though you have your own bed, you just have to sleep in your parents' bed.

Mommy knows where all your toys are.

I don't know what boundaries are, but if you teach me, I'll respect your boundaries, if you respect mine.

There is always something important to tell your parents when they're on telephone or talking to someone else.

If parents laugh when we say bad words, we'll just keep saying them.

You can never be sleepy or tired.

Although you are too full for any more dinner, you always have room for dessert.

Kids have selective hearing, we may hear you say, "Who wants ice cream?", but we can't hear when you say, "Turn television off."

Here’s one of most important questions you’ll ever be asked (that is, If you’re a dad, or you ever plan to be): Do you have a vision for your family?

Now I know answer for many of you will be a resounding, “Yes!”. I think at some point all of us most likely plan, in some way, for our family’s future.

What I am asking, however, is this: “Do you have a MULTI-GENERATIONAL vision for your family?”

Now that throws a different light on question, huh?

Allow me to define what I mean by “multi-generational”. The first part of word is “multi”, which is derived from “multiple”, meaning to consist of more than one part. Next we have word “generational”. This is a form of word “generation”, which is relationship of a child to his parents (i.e. a son is first generation of his father, while a grandson is second generation and so on). So when I ask if you have a “multi-generational vision”, I am in effect asking if you possess a vision for your children, their children, and their children’s children.

Many people will have stopped reading this article at this point, possibly because they feel that their great grandchildren (they may not have even been born yet) have nothing to do with how they live their own life now. I beg to differ—and hope you will continue reading. If you have chosen to read on, I applaud your tenacity as well as your ability to see things in various degrees of light. Your “game plan” for today and beyond definitely DOES affect more than just you ---and much more than just your generation.

I would like to take a moment to share various aspects of multi-generational vision I have, with hope that you’ll consider devising one for yourself. It goes like this: I strongly desire to see my children succeed me in their lives. I tell them that this is not only my desire for them, but also for their children, and their children’s children, and so on. I pray that my sons will then go on to have same vision for their future families. (What a glorious day it will be to sit in same room with three or four generations of my family, all with same multi-generational faithfulness!) When I teach my children a new task, or read out loud, or just generally spend time doing something of importance with them, I share how this can be “passed on” to their kids. I explain how our faith in God is vital for all aspects of our lives, and how to keep that faith alive in our family. They understand that they are important to me, so they listen when I share with them my vision for each of generations to come.