I had the opportunity Sunday to teach my 8 yr old granddaughter the Golden Rule!

Saturday we had spent the afternoon and part of the evening at the fair. I had spent quite a bit of money on food and rides for the two oldest ones. On Sunday, hubby and I went to their place to help out with some of the work, like finishing up some work on the RV so they could take it to the fair as they are spending the week there. I had gone to care for our vegetable garden because they hadn't had time or would have time in the following week.

I was taking a break from the heat and sun and asked my granddaughter to get me a Coke out of the fridge. She didn't want to and made no move to do as I asked. So... I reminded her of all the nice things I had done for her the previous day but that if she didn't want to be nice to me, too, to not expect me to do those things again for her. Boy, did she jump to go get me that Coke! LOL When she came back with it, I asked her if she had ever heard of the Golden Rule and she said "no" so I repeated it to her and repeated it in words that would be quite clear to her; "Treat others and do things for them like you want to be treated and want others to do things for you." She said she got it and went back to what she was doing but I saw a flash of Rebel in her eyes. I'll probably have to remind her.

It felt good to be able to teach her something her parents hadn't. Now, follows Consistency!