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Galraedia

(5,025 posts) Tue Jul 3, 2012, 10:07 PM Jul 2012

The ED Show - American legend Andy Griffith dies

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The ED Show - American legend Andy Griffith dies (Original Post) Galraedia Jul 2012 OP

Great lessons on how to be a dad Kyad06 Jul 2012 #1

Also, show respect for your kid like you want respect Spitfire of ATJ Jul 2012 #2

Griffith's Mayberry is every bit as important as anything Twain or Norman Rockwell created Adenoid_Hynkel Jul 2012 #3

Kyad06

(127 posts)

1. Great lessons on how to be a dad

Reply to Galraedia (Original post)

Tue Jul 3, 2012, 10:30 PM

Jul 2012

The way he handled his son on the Andy Griffith Show was a primer on how to be a parent. Firm yet fair, admit when you are wrong, listen and most of all give lots of gentle advice and love. He will be missed.

Spitfire of ATJ

(32,723 posts)

2. Also, show respect for your kid like you want respect

Reply to Kyad06 (Reply #1)

Tue Jul 3, 2012, 11:13 PM

Jul 2012

at a time in America when fathers were expected to be the dispensers of discipline in a physical sense.

Many a kid grew up hating their fathers for not being like him.

Adenoid_Hynkel

(14,093 posts)

3. Griffith's Mayberry is every bit as important as anything Twain or Norman Rockwell created

Reply to Galraedia (Original post)

Wed Jul 4, 2012, 12:24 AM

Jul 2012

His work will stand the test of time, and will always represent an American cultural ideal.

We truly lost a legend today - and a man who defied the current trend and showed that a devout southern Christian can be a passionate liberal.

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