Imagine you are 10 years old, back at your grandparents’ home, the most magical place to be…

Your grandma just made you some cookies and brought them out with a pitcher of milk, and you and your cousins are all outside, playing with your granddad as the adults watch.

After a fun afternoon, granddad takes you all inside and takes out a giant bag of toys, and starts handing them out, a toy to each grandkid. You honestly couldn’t be happier; your belly is full of sweet cookies, you are holding in your hand your brand new toy, and you will forever remember days like these, surrounded by the people you love.

Had your parents and grandparents raised you like the mom in the story below raised her son, you might have different memories of the days with your family. If all a child sees is what they didn’t get, rather than what they did, happy memories can turn sour. So when the granddad in this story had a chance to teach his 11-year-old grandson that he can’t always get what he wants, he did not hesitate to do so.