My oldest is 12, almost 13, and highly reluctant to do ANYTHING for herself. After your last story, I decided to step up my game. I learned to cook at this age. So I started her cooking. Yeah it was boiled turkey hotdogs, baked frozen fries and frozen veggies. But I taught her to read the packaging, figure out the instructions, I told her how to use the stove, oven and microwave. I had her push all the timing buttons, etc. She was nervous about the actual hot items, so I handled all that this time while explaining it. But as she does it, she’ll get more comfortable. She was so proud of herself.
I was cooking entire dinners for our family at 12 too. It really set me up for transitioning into adulthood. In college I was the only one of my several roommates that knew how to cook a meal. Keep pushing her!
Being a single parent with four kids who, when my youngest was three had an accident and got around in a wheelchair, my kids learned to pump gas, help with groceries, learn to wash, hang to dry, short cycle drying to fluff up the towels the sheets and a whole other set of skills needed to be autonomous in life. They are all good cooks, I have a Chef, a bread and seafood connaisseur, a cake and deserts wonder and a restarant/bar manager. I think I did a good job of teaching then skills and developing a different passion in each. They are now 41, 38 the boys and 35 and 33 the girls. Because of my lack of mobility, they learned early to depend on themselves and each other. They are an unruly, loud and full of love bunch. Anne
I do a thing i call "adulting 101" and it's a check list of things my kids have to know how to do before they hit some important milestones like jr high, driving and eventually moving out. Including the big things like car maintenance, budgeting, making doctors appointments, applying for scholarships but also lot and lots of the little things I might forget or assume they know. Like sewing a button, cleaning the bathroom, making change, starting a fire. My hope is to send confident young adults into the world. It's also lots of fun spending the time with them.
More life lessons: how to schedule an appointment with a doctor or other office, how to FIND a specific type of doctor and tell if they're in network for you. How to ask for prices of procedures and tests in advance, how to nicely ask about a discount or payment plan on services. How to pay water bills, car taxes and registration. How to work a parking meter. How to pay at a parking garage. How to negotiate college scholarships and grants with the financial aid office--- yes most will do this. Also for your college girlie: make sure she has a medicine basket ready to go with cold medicine, tummy stuff, tylenol etc because nothing feels like adulthood slapping you in the face like getting your first cold at college and having to walk sick to the store to get your own meds.
Good job with the unboxing of the fruits and veggies Andrew. When my son started driving he was well prepared but his uncle and stepdad had taught him car maintenance and repairs and I only taught him how to pump the gas and how to drive, he has always changed his oil, brakes even patches his tires. When I was in college my roommate’s stepdad taught both of us how to change a tire and check the oil etc. I missed the emoji but I remember when debit cards became a thing and I am old enough to remember having separate keys for the ignition, doors and the trunk 😂 🦖👵 For the record, any parent who has raised their children to happily on their own choose “The Princess Bride” for movie night has not failed their children, 😂 I’m just saying.
I taught both of my teenagers how to put gas in the car, but I also have a "I failed as a mom" story. Last week I asked my 17 year old to light a candle in the house and threw him a pack of matches. He said, "Mom, I don't know how to use these." I was like "OMG--how do you not know how to light a match?" I realize that I am a tad bit overprotective. We practiced until he got good at it. Love the Andrew cam. Your family is so fun to watch.
I remember teaching my oldest son how to put gas in, how to check fluids etc…..One thing I never thought to tell him was to pay attention to the roads I drove on to get to different places in the next town over. We drove there often twice a week or more from the time he was an infant so I just assumed he knew how to get around 😂😂😂 I get a frantic phone call more than 4 hours after he went to run errands with my 13yr old son. Neither of them could figure out where they were at and had been driving in circles for hours. They both managed to forget they have smart phones and could have used their gps to find their way to destination & back home. It’s definitely a different world. I remember navigating to places unknown with giant paper maps I got from AAA office 😂
✋🏻 but do you remember when they used to use a small device to make carbon copies of your credit card? You got a copy, the store kept a copy and the other was taken to the bank, I think. Yes I worked at a place that we still had to do this! Crazy how much we have advanced!
I'm 33 and have used one of these in my working life. It was our back-up when the machine went down when I first started working in museums. I hope it went into the collection when it was finally obsolete 😂
Andrew Cam👍👍👍 I started teaching my girls at 9 years old how to do things for themselves like laundry, cooking, putting gas in the car, how to check the oil.....etc. They are 26 and 19 now and I pretty self sufficient. I know they will at least have clean clothes, not go hungry and be able to get around.🙂 You aren't a bad parent.....lol....our world has changed immensely over the years and we get so used to do doing things we do them automatically without much thought so we forget the younger generation might not know how to do it.🙂👍❤
It is April 24, 2023 here. I believe that you are truly not done groceries shopping for the month of April. Yes, you can be, but in the past historia, you really run again. 🎉😂❤😊 I am happy you when to Hawaiian ❣️❣️🩴🩱👙🩱🩴 You and your family definitely deserve to enjoy the fruits of your Labor ❣️❣️🍍🍍🫐🍖🍡🍥🍣🥟🧁🍧🍨🧋🍹🍍🥭🍍🥥🍍🥥
Oh my God. Iove ,love, love your son! He reminds me of my son! He's a natural. I loved how you just tossed him over a rando box and was basically "ok well here's what I know." He needs his own Channel! He can call it "So here's what I know." Great job kiddo oh and you too Mom 😉 ❤ Hope you all had a fantastic time !!
I've got a couple of years before my daughter starts driving and never once thought about that. Thanks for reminding about the little things we need to teach our kids.
We started having my daughter fill the tank (not pay off course) when she got her permit. We also made sure she knew how to check tie pressure, and how to know what it should be, change a tire, jump start, and check the oil. You never want the first to be when their aline!
It's so weird seeing you guys eating in a restaurant haha, I love that you let loose a little! I also love the hairdo you're rocking at the moment, so fresh ❤
I loved the Andrew cam! He was so sweet haha! And I don’t have kids old enough to drive yet but I remember when I took driving lessons one of the things the instructor did was take me to a gas station and show me how to pump gas! Also, I had some roommates in college that grew up in NJ which is a full service only state. So many of them didn’t know how to get gas since they literally couldn’t do it in their state growing up!
Would love to see more from your Hawaii trip as a family of 6! We are hoping to go next year and would love to hear where to go, what was worth doing, money saver tips etc…
My mom always managed to bring jars back from Sri Lanka, which is a 22 hour flight with 3 connections (back in the day). The key is to put them in 2 ziplock bags, them inside a couple layers of socks or t-shirts rolled around then, then put them in the corners of the suitcases or wherever your bags are more reinforced.
Lol I had to laugh at the gas in the car story! My now 19 year old daughter had been taught about the gas and the oil change appointments but the first time the low air tire pressure light came on she was clueless. I have now been to the air pump with her twice and told her, “it’s all yours now!”
I taught my son how to gas the car when he was very small, he is now 17 and was with older friends at the gas station, he was the only person who knew how to gas a car I rock!!!!
My daughter has been driving for a few years now. I do not remember teaching her how to pump gas, but I do remember making her pay attention to street names and telling her how to get to places so she would not get lost. She is great at getting around places now!
✋ to debit cards, it was the early 1990’s and I was in my first year or so of university. Those were the days, I thought life was so much easier then. But about filling up the car, I grew up on a farm were we had our own gas tanks. I had to crawl up a dilapidated ladder, stretch for every inch to open the right storage tank (not a problem for my 6 foot plus dad and brothers), crawl down and fill the car tank. Forget about a clicky thing on that hose! But I guess it made me a stronger person in the long run. Now in my 50’s, I work with women who have NEVER filled up their own gas tank. They wait for their husband to fill it up or go to full serve station. I tell them I would have had to walk a long way as a kid if I didn’t know how to fill the car up. Don’t be hard on yourself Christine, kids learn things quick. ☺️
So...here's my fail. My oldest went off to college out of state - no cell phones then - and I forgot to show him how to make a long distance call. So 2 weeks went by and he finally called! He said it took a friend showing him he had to put a "1" in front of the area code and phone number. HOW could I have NOT shown him that????!!! Times have definitely changed!
Omg having a card was revolutionary! I remember having to manually do the cards in before all stores had a swipe machine. Funny story.... A few years ago I taught my sister how to put air in her tires and then I showed my brother. She's 40 and my brother is 35 😂
Sweet movie choice! I'm going on a short break this weekend with a few friends and we've got tickets to watch The Princess Bride in a cave! 😁 Great job Andrew on the misfits box and the excellent juggling! 😄
Ok, true story. I had been driving for years at this point. I had a rental car and went to put gas in. I hadn't paid attention to which side the tank is on so wasn't surprised that I was on the wrong side. I was however surprised to find that the door wouldn't open. I had never encountered one where you need to press a button in the car to release the door. So there I was sitting at the pump reading the owners manual trying to figure out where the release for the gas cover is located. It took almost 10 minutes to find it UNDER the driver's seat. :) Also, in my teens I borrowed my brother's VW van (standard). It all went well as I drive a standard until I went to reverse it out of a parking spot. I could not find reverse! It was so old that all the numbers had rubbed off the stick shift and I tried every slot I could find. I had to push it back enough to get out of the stall. FYI, you have to push down on the gear shift and then it will slide into the hidden reverse slot. I guess this is a safety feature so you don't blow your engine by choosing reverse instead of 4th gear ;)
Maui is such a magical place! I have to go back there ❤ I had a driving instructor who taught me how to put gas in the car and go through the car wash and go get coffee and a donut and she made me drink and eat while I was driving so she could show me how to do this without taking my eyes off the road and also reaching for something in my purse without taking my eyes off the road. She also showed me how to check the oil and other fluids. She was wonderful and this was back in 1983!!!!
I took my friends children to self-service car wash, they loved it! Put money in, get chips, pick shampooing, pick rinsing, pick vacume clean... Detergent smells amazing!. Now my friend's car is always clean. Here you learn how to fill up the gas tank at driving school. It's mandatory.
Jars actually travel well on a plane! I bring homemade canned goods in my bag. I usually shove the jars into shoes or wrapped in jeans for added protection.
My kids are long grown, and their kids (Gen Z's) do know how to put gas in the car too. When I was a kid and got my driver's license (I got it after grad from college, age 21), but my Dad wouldn't let me drive or have a car 'til I could change the oil and change a tire, by myself. My first car was a " '54 Chev 4 door Deluxe", green over cream, purchased in 1965. No power anything, not power windows or steering. I was in hog heaven! I also knew when and how to wiggle something or other under the hood when my gas line (I think it was) would get an airlock and then would die in an intersection or some other untimely place. Yes, I remember the advent of the debit card, but don't recall about when it was. Perhaps the 80's? A wonderful invention, to my mind, though I still like to use and feel cash.
I'm old enough to remember full serve gasoline. But our car had a lock on gas cap that was a bear to open, so I had to help my mom with it when gas went self-serve! Loved seeing your food experiences in Hawaii
I remember when the debit card came out, but before that it was an ATM card that you could only use at the ATM at the bank to pull out cash. When you could actually use it at the store it was revolutionary!!
I am one of 5 girls, and 2 boys… My dad absolutely did NOT want his daughters relying on anyone, a male, to change a tire, change the oil, fix a flat, pump gas replace spark plugs, and so on. The timing belt was always a bugger. Teach them young. It’s the ol teaching of catch a fish eat for a day, learning how to catch a fish, eat for life. ❤
We did a family vacation to Maui about 20 years ago... first stop was Costco! The one thing that we got there was our Hawaiian shirts - made in Hawaii and way cheaper than the tourist shops. Re: after-show, check the laws in your state, but many places you have to be a licensed driver (or have a learner's permit) to pump gas. Also, it is not safe to get back in the car or be on a cell phone while gas is pumping. In both cases, electric shock can be generated that will cause a fire. We had a deadly fire local to me caused by someone getting back in their car while the gas was pumping.
I didn't see any coconut syrup in this video. My favorite meal on my trip to Maui was breakfast. We had fruit at every meal but at breakfast there was so much. I was heaven with all that fresh fruit and the coconut syrup on my pancakes.
One of my favorite memories from Hawaii involved food…It was the last day of the trip and we decided we wanted to have a nice big dinner. My husband and his friend were going to go diving for lobster but on the off chance that they weren’t able to get any, we decided to go to Costco for steaks. Well, they came back with 10 huge lobster in just a half an hour!!! We had so much food, that we ended up having steak quesadillas and lobster scrambled eggs for breakfast the next morning before our flight 🤣🤣
Hahahaha...my kids knew how to put gas in the car way before they should have. They started pumping gas when they were about 12. My 18 year old son just decided to bake a lemon cake last night at 930 pm...he cracks me up!! It is amazing how different things are for sure! Thanks for the wonderful footage from Hawaii! We are headed to Cozumel in less than 2 weeks and we cannot wait!!
My oldest just turned 14 and git his permit. He has a summer job too!! He has been pumping gas for me for a couple of years now. That was something my parents never taught me so I had to figure it out. He also knows how to budget, keep a ledger for his bank account (right now he has a prepaid card) and he knows how to both call for his balance and how to do the online looky loo.
Scoop the jelly into zippered lock bag. Double zipper bag for extra safety. (I would use quart bag for jam and put into gallon bag. The unpressurized cargo area may do strange things to the bag, so just to be safe double bag it.) I would take it home, but sans the glass.
I don't know if my kids would know 100% but they are 13 and 11. They have watched me enough times to probably get through it. They do know how to do their own laundry, warm up their lunches in the air fryer, vacuum, bring in trash cans. I would like for them to learn more about cooking and I want to start introducing them to budgeting and paying bills.
Yes, all 3 of my kids learned how put gas in car and tractor before driver ed. My Kellie had a course along with her girl scout group of her rank had car upkeep lesson. I had 2 great Dad's in my troop teach the girls to change a tire, checking and adding oil and water and such. Which paid off a couple years later when we had a flat on the interstate, she told me Mom I got this. She took off the flat and put on the emergency spare some call it the donut. I think it important to use cash when all possible.
The 'Andrew Cam' was everything. 😅 Pumping their own gas WAS something we remembered to teach all of our kids, but there's still so much that we take for granted they know how to do just from watching us, that they never picked up on. Parenting teens and young adults in today's world is an adventure for sure. Oh and yes I do remember when debit cards became a thing. I also remember when stores started doing the automatic draft even when you wrote a check, so the money came out instantly regardless. That was a MAJOR cause of adjustment for us for a while, because we had gotten used to going to get groceries the day before payday and stuff like that, because we knew we'd have time to deposit our paycheck before the checks we had written cleared the bank. Not anymore! Stuff has cleared the bank before we even get home from the store now. And you don't even get a book of checks when you open a checking account anymore, just a debit card.
Maui is our families favorite vacation destination. We usually have 10-20 family going. We eat breakfast and dinner in our condos and eat lunch out as you know it’s very expensive to eat out, especially with a large group. We like going for 2 weeks during Thanksgiving. Wishing I was there now….
I live in Oregon where there is no self service, unless you live in a remote area, never pumped gas until I was in my 30's and went on a trip with my kids. My younger son knows how because he works at a station. Pretty sure my older son hasn't a clue but both know how to schedule maintenance and how to change a tire, so I didn't completely fail, lol
Side note Question 🙋🏻♀️ For you … Of all the food delivery methods which one do you prefer the most? Which one do you order from the most? And why do you prefer them? Do you think you could do a video of some sort on all the food delivery sources? Like do you order some things from some places but not others… Things like that
I don't have children, but I live in New Jersey, where it is illegal to pump your own gas. I remember going on my first road trip with friends and we had to fill up in another state and none of us had any idea what to do. Thankfully a retired trucker saw us, and our license plates, and came over and gave us a tutorial. A few years ago I took my younger cousin on a road trip and I said "get out, you're going to learn to pump gas" and I make her do it whenever we are out of state so she stays comfortable doing it.
Roll your jar inside a couple of T shirts and pack them tight in the middle of your bag. I do it all the time flying back from Turkey. I haven't had a breakage yet. Great video, thanks for sharing xx
Before my kids were allowed to get their license they had to show they could check the oil, change a tire and drive a standard vehicle. I know a person who had to give up a great deal on a car because she and her family members could not drive a standard.
Yep Fueling a vehicle is part of the adulting we are responsible to teach. So is grocery shopping. Finance management. Laundry. Cooking. Cleaning and home maintenance (changing filter in refrigerator- right?). I start some of these very young (cleaning) but all are an ongoing part of their lives from at least 15 on.
You are a good mom. Our kids are in their early thirties now. When in the course of being the mom taxi...I taught them to drive and how to pump the gas.
My husband made sure to teach our daughter how to pull in for gas, open the hatch and pay for it. We don’t pump our gas in NJ. When she started working, I made sure to teach her how to sign the back of her paycheck or birthday check and take it to the drive through atm to deposit it herself.
Yes, I remember when the debit card was created. My grandparents had a gas station so I learned how to put gas in the tank when I was young. My oldest daughter didn't want to learn how to cook. She had no desire until she was on her own with a boyfriend.
One thing I taught but my kids was to keep an emergence $20 bill in their glove compartment. My husband can destroy a chip card in 6 months and sometimes the computer systems can go down. Having that $20 bill saved us more than once.
Roll the jelly inside a few items of clothing and put it in the center, pack snuggly around it. I brought home a bottle of $$$ wine from Napa (SanFran to Newark NJ) that way, and it was fine. Same with a large bottle of specialty honey from FL to NJ…plastic wrap or ziploc first, just in case.
Oddly enough during Covid shut downs I compiled a huge list (Facebook friends helped) of life skills to teach my kiddos- my 7 yr old regularly pumps my gas now 😍
Loved the Andrew Cam!! He did really well. I don’t remember actually teaching my daughter how to put gas in the car, but she was doing it years before she got her license. I would drive her to all of her sport/band events, so I would pull in, hand her the auto debit card and off she went. I miss those days!
I had this happen last week with my 23 year old son he has Asperger's and he's finally regulating his attitude in public and we are teaching him adult skills it's super fun!
Here in Australia we still gotta walk inside and pay. Where I live I don’t see much of the pay at the pump stuff, but I will always walk in and pay AND we pay after we have filled up the car with petrol. We don’t pay before hand. Also I have 3 boys (4th boy on the way), all under the age of 10, they all know how to pump fuel into the car and where it goes. Simple life lessons they don’t need school for. Have a good one and thank you for another awesome video. 😊
🤚 I totally remember 😂 My dad wouldn’t even let me get a car until I could drive a stick (for a quick getaway if needed, lol), change spark plugs, and change a tire. Man, I miss him. But, I’m definitely an independent person who is not intimidated by any job. And now there’s RUclips where you can learn anything, lol.
LOL! Love your story about getting gas in the car! Earlier this week my daughter (16) went over to a friends house and had porkchops on the bone. She could not figure out how to cut the porkchop up with the a bone still on it because normally I cut the porkchops off the bone before serving or just get them boneless. Apparently I am not doing my kids any favors for cutting the meat off the bone. LOL, lessons learned, they are on their own for cutting meat!
Another skill they need to know is how to change a tire if they get a flat. I had to teach my older sister when we were in college, cause she didn’t know, we didn’t have AAA and no phone service (or anyone to call!) Love your videos!
I started teaching my daughter how to pay for gas and pump since she was 12 and how to use a car wash because we don’t own a house and we wash our car there. I used to go the public laundry and showed her how to wash clothes since she was in Junior High.
My oldest is 12, almost 13, and highly reluctant to do ANYTHING for herself. After your last story, I decided to step up my game. I learned to cook at this age. So I started her cooking. Yeah it was boiled turkey hotdogs, baked frozen fries and frozen veggies. But I taught her to read the packaging, figure out the instructions, I told her how to use the stove, oven and microwave. I had her push all the timing buttons, etc. She was nervous about the actual hot items, so I handled all that this time while explaining it. But as she does it, she’ll get more comfortable. She was so proud of herself.
I was cooking entire dinners for our family at 12 too. It really set me up for transitioning into adulthood. In college I was the only one of my several roommates that knew how to cook a meal. Keep pushing her!
We need more Andrew Can where he unboxes the groceries and tries to figure out what you bought!!!
Yes!! That was hilarious! Loved it!
Agree, that was fun.
I was silently screaming fennel! At him, but I didn't know what the squash was either
Definitely need this!
Being a single parent with four kids who, when my youngest was three had an accident and got around in a wheelchair, my kids learned to pump gas, help with groceries, learn to wash, hang to dry, short cycle drying to fluff up the towels the sheets and a whole other set of skills needed to be autonomous in life. They are all good cooks, I have a Chef, a bread and seafood connaisseur, a cake and deserts wonder and a restarant/bar manager. I think I did a good job of teaching then skills and developing a different passion in each. They are now 41, 38 the boys and 35 and 33 the girls. Because of my lack of mobility, they learned early to depend on themselves and each other. They are an unruly, loud and full of love bunch. Anne
I do a thing i call "adulting 101" and it's a check list of things my kids have to know how to do before they hit some important milestones like jr high, driving and eventually moving out. Including the big things like car maintenance, budgeting, making doctors appointments, applying for scholarships but also lot and lots of the little things I might forget or assume they know. Like sewing a button, cleaning the bathroom, making change, starting a fire. My hope is to send confident young adults into the world. It's also lots of fun spending the time with them.
Ah, I love the "Andrew cam"! Your kids are just precious, and I love seeing the whole family.
More life lessons: how to schedule an appointment with a doctor or other office, how to FIND a specific type of doctor and tell if they're in network for you. How to ask for prices of procedures and tests in advance, how to nicely ask about a discount or payment plan on services. How to pay water bills, car taxes and registration. How to work a parking meter. How to pay at a parking garage. How to negotiate college scholarships and grants with the financial aid office--- yes most will do this. Also for your college girlie: make sure she has a medicine basket ready to go with cold medicine, tummy stuff, tylenol etc because nothing feels like adulthood slapping you in the face like getting your first cold at college and having to walk sick to the store to get your own meds.
Good job with the unboxing of the fruits and veggies Andrew.
When my son started driving he was well prepared but his uncle and stepdad had taught him car maintenance and repairs and I only taught him how to pump the gas and how to drive, he has always changed his oil, brakes even patches his tires.
When I was in college my roommate’s stepdad taught both of us how to change a tire and check the oil etc.
I missed the emoji but I remember when debit cards became a thing and I am old enough to remember having separate keys for the ignition, doors and the trunk 😂 🦖👵
For the record, any parent who has raised their children to happily on their own choose “The Princess Bride” for movie night has not failed their children, 😂 I’m just saying.
Raise your hands if you need more Andrew Cam in your life! 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻
I taught both of my teenagers how to put gas in the car, but I also have a "I failed as a mom" story. Last week I asked my 17 year old to light a candle in the house and threw him a pack of matches. He said, "Mom, I don't know how to use these." I was like "OMG--how do you not know how to light a match?" I realize that I am a tad bit overprotective. We practiced until he got good at it. Love the Andrew cam. Your family is so fun to watch.
Andrew did so great and reminded me so much of you.
“There are so many weird kind of apple names” 🤣😂 I agree Andrew lol
I remember teaching my oldest son how to put gas in, how to check fluids etc…..One thing I never thought to tell him was to pay attention to the roads I drove on to get to different places in the next town over. We drove there often twice a week or more from the time he was an infant so I just assumed he knew how to get around 😂😂😂 I get a frantic phone call more than 4 hours after he went to run errands with my 13yr old son. Neither of them could figure out where they were at and had been driving in circles for hours. They both managed to forget they have smart phones and could have used their gps to find their way to destination & back home. It’s definitely a different world. I remember navigating to places unknown with giant paper maps I got from AAA office 😂
Don't forget how to change a tire
✋🏻 but do you remember when they used to use a small device to make carbon copies of your credit card? You got a copy, the store kept a copy and the other was taken to the bank, I think. Yes I worked at a place that we still had to do this! Crazy how much we have advanced!
I'm 33 and have used one of these in my working life. It was our back-up when the machine went down when I first started working in museums. I hope it went into the collection when it was finally obsolete 😂
Andrew Cam👍👍👍 I started teaching my girls at 9 years old how to do things for themselves like laundry, cooking, putting gas in the car, how to check the oil.....etc. They are 26 and 19 now and I pretty self sufficient. I know they will at least have clean clothes, not go hungry and be able to get around.🙂 You aren't a bad parent.....lol....our world has changed immensely over the years and we get so used to do doing things we do them automatically without much thought so we forget the younger generation might not know how to do it.🙂👍❤
It is April 24, 2023 here. I believe that you are truly not done groceries shopping for the month of April. Yes, you can be, but in the past historia, you really run again. 🎉😂❤😊
I am happy you when to Hawaiian ❣️❣️🩴🩱👙🩱🩴 You and your family definitely deserve to enjoy the fruits of your Labor ❣️❣️🍍🍍🫐🍖🍡🍥🍣🥟🧁🍧🍨🧋🍹🍍🥭🍍🥥🍍🥥
Oh my God. Iove ,love, love your son! He reminds me of my son! He's a natural. I loved how you just tossed him over a rando box and was basically "ok well here's what I know." He needs his own Channel! He can call it "So here's what I know." Great job kiddo oh and you too Mom 😉 ❤ Hope you all had a fantastic time !!
I loved Andrew’s description of the produce! That was great!
I've got a couple of years before my daughter starts driving and never once thought about that. Thanks for reminding about the little things we need to teach our kids.
We started having my daughter fill the tank (not pay off course) when she got her permit. We also made sure she knew how to check tie pressure, and how to know what it should be, change a tire, jump start, and check the oil. You never want the first to be when their aline!
No. It is a true story. I did pump gas and go in and pay for it at about age 6, but then I wanted to do it. It wasn't forced upon me in any way.
It's so weird seeing you guys eating in a restaurant haha, I love that you let loose a little! I also love the hairdo you're rocking at the moment, so fresh ❤
Love that you’re trying different foods. Some of the best part of traveling I’d trying different foods.
Love Andrew’s commentary! That was awesome!😂
I loved the Andrew cam! He was so sweet haha! And I don’t have kids old enough to drive yet but I remember when I took driving lessons one of the things the instructor did was take me to a gas station and show me how to pump gas! Also, I had some roommates in college that grew up in NJ which is a full service only state. So many of them didn’t know how to get gas since they literally couldn’t do it in their state growing up!
Would love to see more from your Hawaii trip as a family of 6! We are hoping to go next year and would love to hear where to go, what was worth doing, money saver tips etc…
My mom always managed to bring jars back from Sri Lanka, which is a 22 hour flight with 3 connections (back in the day). The key is to put them in 2 ziplock bags, them inside a couple layers of socks or t-shirts rolled around then, then put them in the corners of the suitcases or wherever your bags are more reinforced.
Andrew is a natural, reminds me of Finn Whitaker "lesh goooo"!
Lol I had to laugh at the gas in the car story! My now 19 year old daughter had been taught about the gas and the oil change appointments but the first time the low air tire pressure light came on she was clueless. I have now been to the air pump with her twice and told her, “it’s all yours now!”
I taught my son how to gas the car when he was very small, he is now 17 and was with older friends at the gas station, he was the only person who knew how to gas a car I rock!!!!
My daughter has been driving for a few years now. I do not remember teaching her how to pump gas, but I do remember making her pay attention to street names and telling her how to get to places so she would not get lost. She is great at getting around places now!
Love the Andrew cam! And the life skill reminder at the end!
✋ to debit cards, it was the early 1990’s and I was in my first year or so of university. Those were the days, I thought life was so much easier then. But about filling up the car, I grew up on a farm were we had our own gas tanks. I had to crawl up a dilapidated ladder, stretch for every inch to open the right storage tank (not a problem for my 6 foot plus dad and brothers), crawl down and fill the car tank. Forget about a clicky thing on that hose! But I guess it made me a stronger person in the long run. Now in my 50’s, I work with women who have NEVER filled up their own gas tank. They wait for their husband to fill it up or go to full serve station. I tell them I would have had to walk a long way as a kid if I didn’t know how to fill the car up. Don’t be hard on yourself Christine, kids learn things quick. ☺️
I'm so glad that y'all got to take that trip! How wonderful of an experience!❤❤❤
So...here's my fail. My oldest went off to college out of state - no cell phones then - and I forgot to show him how to make a long distance call. So 2 weeks went by and he finally called! He said it took a friend showing him he had to put a "1" in front of the area code and phone number. HOW could I have NOT shown him that????!!! Times have definitely changed!
Omg having a card was revolutionary! I remember having to manually do the cards in before all stores had a swipe machine.
Funny story.... A few years ago I taught my sister how to put air in her tires and then I showed my brother. She's 40 and my brother is 35 😂
Andrew did an awesome job telling us about the box. Love it. The food trucks had my kind of food. Yum.
Sweet movie choice! I'm going on a short break this weekend with a few friends and we've got tickets to watch The Princess Bride in a cave! 😁
Great job Andrew on the misfits box and the excellent juggling! 😄
Ok, true story. I had been driving for years at this point. I had a rental car and went to put gas in. I hadn't paid attention to which side the tank is on so wasn't surprised that I was on the wrong side. I was however surprised to find that the door wouldn't open. I had never encountered one where you need to press a button in the car to release the door. So there I was sitting at the pump reading the owners manual trying to figure out where the release for the gas cover is located. It took almost 10 minutes to find it UNDER the driver's seat. :)
Also, in my teens I borrowed my brother's VW van (standard). It all went well as I drive a standard until I went to reverse it out of a parking spot. I could not find reverse! It was so old that all the numbers had rubbed off the stick shift and I tried every slot I could find. I had to push it back enough to get out of the stall. FYI, you have to push down on the gear shift and then it will slide into the hidden reverse slot. I guess this is a safety feature so you don't blow your engine by choosing reverse instead of 4th gear ;)
Maui is such a magical place! I have to go back there ❤
I had a driving instructor who taught me how to put gas in the car and go through the car wash and go get coffee and a donut and she made me drink and eat while I was driving so she could show me how to do this without taking my eyes off the road and also reaching for something in my purse without taking my eyes off the road. She also showed me how to check the oil and other fluids. She was wonderful and this was back in 1983!!!!
We’re going to Maui in Sept with the fam and our first stop is also Costco! Thanks for sharing your finds!
Have a good safe trip 😊
That looked like a great vacation, thank you for including your foamily and us.
I took my friends children to self-service car wash, they loved it! Put money in, get chips, pick shampooing, pick rinsing, pick vacume clean... Detergent smells amazing!. Now my friend's car is always clean. Here you learn how to fill up the gas tank at driving school. It's mandatory.
Jars actually travel well on a plane! I bring homemade canned goods in my bag. I usually shove the jars into shoes or wrapped in jeans for added protection.
My kids are long grown, and their kids (Gen Z's) do know how to put gas in the car too. When I was a kid and got my driver's license (I got it after grad from college, age 21), but my Dad wouldn't let me drive or have a car 'til I could change the oil and change a tire, by myself. My first car was a " '54 Chev 4 door Deluxe", green over cream, purchased in 1965. No power anything, not power windows or steering. I was in hog heaven! I also knew when and how to wiggle something or other under the hood when my gas line (I think it was) would get an airlock and then would die in an intersection or some other untimely place. Yes, I remember the advent of the debit card, but don't recall about when it was. Perhaps the 80's? A wonderful invention, to my mind, though I still like to use and feel cash.
I'm old enough to remember full serve gasoline. But our car had a lock on gas cap that was a bear to open, so I had to help my mom with it when gas went self-serve! Loved seeing your food experiences in Hawaii
Thumbs up for the Andrew Cam. 💕🎉
That food truck food looks amazing!!! I know you look good food and you look like you are enjoying it!!! Yay!!
I remember when the debit card came out, but before that it was an ATM card that you could only use at the ATM at the bank to pull out cash. When you could actually use it at the store it was revolutionary!!
Andrew did great! Your vacation was cool!!
I am one of 5 girls, and 2 boys… My dad absolutely did NOT want his daughters relying on anyone, a male, to change a tire, change the oil, fix a flat, pump gas replace spark plugs, and so on. The timing belt was always a bugger. Teach them young. It’s the ol teaching of catch a fish eat for a day, learning how to catch a fish, eat for life. ❤
We are around the same age, so yes I can put gas in the car. But I didn't know how to put air in my tires until recently.
We did a family vacation to Maui about 20 years ago... first stop was Costco! The one thing that we got there was our Hawaiian shirts - made in Hawaii and way cheaper than the tourist shops.
Re: after-show, check the laws in your state, but many places you have to be a licensed driver (or have a learner's permit) to pump gas. Also, it is not safe to get back in the car or be on a cell phone while gas is pumping. In both cases, electric shock can be generated that will cause a fire. We had a deadly fire local to me caused by someone getting back in their car while the gas was pumping.
Loved your story at the end. The world has really changed, that's for sure. I was paying 25 cents a gallon for gas when I started driving!!😃
I didn't see any coconut syrup in this video. My favorite meal on my trip to Maui was breakfast. We had fruit at every meal but at breakfast there was so much. I was heaven with all that fresh fruit and the coconut syrup on my pancakes.
I get a Costco veggie tray when we travel. We eat raw for sacking, use some for cooking, and steam for side dishes!
I really hope you got a plate lunch. Hawaiin Mac Salad on those plate lunches is unmatched!
My bff in high school had to show me how to pump gas. Let's say that was 30 + years ago. We learn and we teach as we go through life.
More Andrew cams! I loved his haul 😁
I much appreciate you, you're a burst of positive energy
Go Andrew!! Nice job on the commercial! haha I love it!! Keep up the good works!
One of my favorite memories from Hawaii involved food…It was the last day of the trip and we decided we wanted to have a nice big dinner.
My husband and his friend were going to go diving for lobster but on the off chance that they weren’t able to get any, we decided to go to Costco for steaks.
Well, they came back with 10 huge lobster in just a half an hour!!! We had so much food, that we ended up having steak quesadillas and lobster scrambled eggs for breakfast the next morning before our flight 🤣🤣
Hahahaha...my kids knew how to put gas in the car way before they should have. They started pumping gas when they were about 12. My 18 year old son just decided to bake a lemon cake last night at 930 pm...he cracks me up!! It is amazing how different things are for sure! Thanks for the wonderful footage from Hawaii! We are headed to Cozumel in less than 2 weeks and we cannot wait!!
For the jelly, wrap it in a plastic bag and them layers of your clothes. It will work, I do it all the time with wine bottles
My oldest just turned 14 and git his permit. He has a summer job too!! He has been pumping gas for me for a couple of years now. That was something my parents never taught me so I had to figure it out. He also knows how to budget, keep a ledger for his bank account (right now he has a prepaid card) and he knows how to both call for his balance and how to do the online looky loo.
Chocolate covered pineapple? Yum!
Scoop the jelly into zippered lock bag. Double zipper bag for extra safety. (I would use quart bag for jam and put into gallon bag. The unpressurized cargo area may do strange things to the bag, so just to be safe double bag it.) I would take it home, but sans the glass.
Ban Mi--hand it over! And the Lychee drink! Yum!
I don't know if my kids would know 100% but they are 13 and 11. They have watched me enough times to probably get through it. They do know how to do their own laundry, warm up their lunches in the air fryer, vacuum, bring in trash cans.
I would like for them to learn more about cooking and I want to start introducing them to budgeting and paying bills.
Go Andrew!!!! That was fun! 🎉😂🎉
I would love a video on taking a trip to Maui on a budget. If you did one already then I missed it. Enjoy and safe travels!!
Yes, all 3 of my kids learned how put gas in car and tractor before driver ed. My Kellie had a course along with her girl scout group of her rank had car upkeep lesson. I had 2 great Dad's in my troop teach the girls to change a tire, checking and adding oil and water and such. Which paid off a couple years later when we had a flat on the interstate, she told me Mom I got this. She took off the flat and put on the emergency spare some call it the donut. I think it important to use cash when all possible.
The 'Andrew Cam' was everything. 😅 Pumping their own gas WAS something we remembered to teach all of our kids, but there's still so much that we take for granted they know how to do just from watching us, that they never picked up on. Parenting teens and young adults in today's world is an adventure for sure. Oh and yes I do remember when debit cards became a thing. I also remember when stores started doing the automatic draft even when you wrote a check, so the money came out instantly regardless. That was a MAJOR cause of adjustment for us for a while, because we had gotten used to going to get groceries the day before payday and stuff like that, because we knew we'd have time to deposit our paycheck before the checks we had written cleared the bank. Not anymore! Stuff has cleared the bank before we even get home from the store now. And you don't even get a book of checks when you open a checking account anymore, just a debit card.
Maui is our families favorite vacation destination. We usually have 10-20 family going. We eat breakfast and dinner in our condos and eat lunch out as you know it’s very expensive to eat out, especially with a large group. We like going for 2 weeks during Thanksgiving. Wishing I was there now….
I really enjoyed monthly shopping makes sense
I live in Oregon where there is no self service, unless you live in a remote area, never pumped gas until I was in my 30's and went on a trip with my kids. My younger son knows how because he works at a station. Pretty sure my older son hasn't a clue but both know how to schedule maintenance and how to change a tire, so I didn't completely fail, lol
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Question 🙋🏻♀️
For you …
Of all the food delivery methods which one do you prefer the most? Which one do you order from the most? And why do you prefer them?
Do you think you could do a video of some sort on all the food delivery sources? Like do you order some things from some places but not others… Things like that
I don't have children, but I live in New Jersey, where it is illegal to pump your own gas. I remember going on my first road trip with friends and we had to fill up in another state and none of us had any idea what to do. Thankfully a retired trucker saw us, and our license plates, and came over and gave us a tutorial. A few years ago I took my younger cousin on a road trip and I said "get out, you're going to learn to pump gas" and I make her do it whenever we are out of state so she stays comfortable doing it.
That guava jelly and any other items, Pack & Ship!
Roll your jar inside a couple of T shirts and pack them tight in the middle of your bag. I do it all the time flying back from Turkey. I haven't had a breakage yet. Great video, thanks for sharing xx
Before my kids were allowed to get their license they had to show they could check the oil, change a tire and drive a standard vehicle. I know a person who had to give up a great deal on a car because she and her family members could not drive a standard.
Yep Fueling a vehicle is part of the adulting we are responsible to teach. So is grocery shopping. Finance management. Laundry. Cooking. Cleaning and home maintenance (changing filter in refrigerator- right?). I start some of these very young (cleaning) but all are an ongoing part of their lives from at least 15 on.
I just hope you and your family had/are having an awesome time! Aloha.
You are a good mom. Our kids are in their early thirties now. When in the course of being the mom taxi...I taught them to drive and how to pump the gas.
My husband made sure to teach our daughter how to pull in for gas, open the hatch and pay for it. We don’t pump our gas in NJ. When she started working, I made sure to teach her how to sign the back of her paycheck or birthday check and take it to the drive through atm to deposit it herself.
Yes, I remember when the debit card was created. My grandparents had a gas station so I learned how to put gas in the tank when I was young. My oldest daughter didn't want to learn how to cook. She had no desire until she was on her own with a boyfriend.
Andrew did awesome!!
One thing I taught but my kids was to keep an emergence $20 bill in their glove compartment. My husband can destroy a chip card in 6 months and sometimes the computer systems can go down. Having that $20 bill saved us more than once.
Roll the jelly inside a few items of clothing and put it in the center, pack snuggly around it. I brought home a bottle of $$$ wine from Napa (SanFran to Newark NJ) that way, and it was fine. Same with a large bottle of specialty honey from FL to NJ…plastic wrap or ziploc first, just in case.
Such a sane way to go on a trip.
love Andrew......... You ROCK dude! I'm 63 and did not know what some of the food was.
Oddly enough during Covid shut downs I compiled a huge list (Facebook friends helped) of life skills to teach my kiddos- my 7 yr old regularly pumps my gas now 😍
Loved the Andrew Cam!! He did really well. I don’t remember actually teaching my daughter how to put gas in the car, but she was doing it years before she got her license. I would drive her to all of her sport/band events, so I would pull in, hand her the auto debit card and off she went. I miss those days!
I had this happen last week with my 23 year old son he has Asperger's and he's finally regulating his attitude in public and we are teaching him adult skills it's super fun!
If you get the opportunity to travel and want to bring items home, wrap glass in a clean tee and stuff into your packed sneakers...
Oh yeah, I remember the introduction of the debit card. Also, I grew up with 4 brothers, and by age 16 I could change my own oil in the car! 😀
I enjoyed the vacation clips. Vacations don’t have to break the bank. Pre-planning & saving a little here & there can add up to a great vacation.
Here in Australia we still gotta walk inside and pay.
Where I live I don’t see much of the pay at the pump stuff, but I will always walk in and pay AND we pay after we have filled up the car with petrol. We don’t pay before hand.
Also I have 3 boys (4th boy on the way), all under the age of 10, they all know how to pump fuel into the car and where it goes. Simple life lessons they don’t need school for.
Have a good one and thank you for another awesome video. 😊
🤚 I totally remember 😂
My dad wouldn’t even let me get a car until I could drive a stick (for a quick getaway if needed, lol), change spark plugs, and change a tire. Man, I miss him. But, I’m definitely an independent person who is not intimidated by any job. And now there’s RUclips where you can learn anything, lol.
My belly is so bland. But I think I could live on bagels, cheese, and pineapple though! Hope you are safely back home and rested. 🌼
LOL! Love your story about getting gas in the car! Earlier this week my daughter (16) went over to a friends house and had porkchops on the bone. She could not figure out how to cut the porkchop up with the a bone still on it because normally I cut the porkchops off the bone before serving or just get them boneless. Apparently I am not doing my kids any favors for cutting the meat off the bone. LOL, lessons learned, they are on their own for cutting meat!
You can just wrap the jam in clothes and put it in the middle of the luggage very well compacted.
Another skill they need to know is how to change a tire if they get a flat. I had to teach my older sister when we were in college, cause she didn’t know, we didn’t have AAA and no phone service (or anyone to call!) Love your videos!
I started teaching my daughter how to pay for gas and pump since she was 12 and how to use a car wash because we don’t own a house and we wash our car there. I used to go the public laundry and showed her how to wash clothes since she was in Junior High.