In school these last two weeks we have been learning about colors. Each day we have worn a different color and then done activities with that color. Dad asked me last night what my favorite color was and I told him that I liked all the colors.

I also asked Dad and Mom what their favorite colors were and they told me. But, my question to the whole family is:

What is your favorite color? (Put your answer in the comments and I’ll read them later)

My son is very charitable. He is always sharing things with others, in a good way. Recently he asked if he could take a second drink to share with his kindergarten friend, I said that would be fine and he took two drinks to school that day. A short time later he asked if he could again take a drink to his friend, my wife replied that it was nice to do once in a while, but not every week.

Fast forward a couple weeks, my son is getting ready to go to school and as he is putting together his lunch asks, “has it been once in a while?”

What a hoot! I guess that’s how he measures time. He is a really good example to me on being charitable and forgiving. I think the Savior said it best when he admonished all of us to “become as little children.” They are pure and truly Christlike, real examples to us curmudgeonly adults!

Recently my wife was cleaning out her purse (read:duffle bag). My daughter who was close by — and was learning to talk — exclaimed, as some coins fell to the ground, “Some!”

True to her female nature she already wanted money, and she’s only one and a half!

The Internet is a big place; It can be a scary place too. That said, there is a lot of good that takes place on the Internet. Blogs can be great tools, site like MyFamily.com and Geni bring families and people together. Social media sites also bridge gaps and dissolve physical distances and borders, sometimes.

So, the Internet can be a very useful resource. It can also be used for bad, and that’s where we as responsible adults and parents need to step in and help our kids make good, well-informed choices on the Internet. The nice thing is a lot of the big entities on the Web are helping us do this job by providing guidelines galore and privacy features in most if not all social networking sites.

Google recently made a great post about using common sense online. It’s worth reading the post as well as visiting Google’s U.S. partner in Web safety education, commonsensemedia.org.

This is really a topic that can’t be put off by responsible adults. I hope to post more on this down the road.