realist,
Isn't it a hoot, that SOMETHING we've said to them is probably what our parents said to us LOL. It's almost as good as the oldest, saying to us one day when he was in school, "I wish I had listened to you". I think it was about an elective class, we had suggested he do one but he wanted to do another. Turned out he was totally bored with the class he picked but had to finish it, said it was the longest 4 weeks he had spent in school. One of the top rules we had and still have is you FINISH what you start,don't care how long it takes you, but you finish it.