Implementation of a Hierarchical Menu on a 16x2 4b

I am working on a project for work that has reached a road block. My programming knowledge is limited therefore I have been researching example code resources to achieve a workable solution. I have found many resources on this forum and elsewhere that give menu examples for LCDs but I do not understand for the life of me how to implement it into my project. Basically this is a "hand holding" request, ie walk me through this so that I can learn.

I can work the LCD with the general commands and I understand arrays, switch case and general coding to an extent. I can figure out the button side of the issue.

I am looking to make a menu on my 16x2 8bit/4bit LCD that with my 3 analog menu buttons the use can change some settings.

Item1 Printed and held at (0,0), moving to item 2 tree at button press
It1Child1 Printed at (1,0) and cycling through child with button press
It1Child2
It1Child3
It1Child4
It1Child5

Look im sure its a simple request, but im really at a loss and need to finish this project soon. Can you help?

Dont just give me hyper links, I have been searching for 2 days and have found everything there is, again its the implementation of it that causes me trouble. Do you want me to pick one or would you have a better idea? Let me know. Thanks in advance.

Code Part 1

  /*
  Source for DiscountingApparatus with Atmega328
  -----------------------------------------------
  Outputs are 8 Servos, 16x2 LCD, 4 tricolor led's
  Inputs are 2 Animal buttons, and 3 menu buttons
 */
     // Define Libraries
    #include <LiquidCrystal.h>
   
     // Begin defining constants...
    const int buttonPin = 0;                 // The number of the Analog pushbutton pin
    const int lcd_backlight_pin = 8;        // Its the LED LCD backlight
    const int warninglight_pin = 19;         // The number of the warning LED
    const int blue_green_pin = 18;           // The blue/green LED pin
    const int green_blue_pin = 17;           // The green/blue LED pin
   
    // Initialize the LCD library with the numbers of the interface pins
    LiquidCrystal lcd(12, 11, 5, 4, 3, 2);

    // Define the analog buttons
    const int button1 = 1;  //Animal button1
    const int button2 = 2;  //Animal button2
    const int button3 = 3;  //Menu button1
    const int button4 = 4;  //Menu button2
    const int button5 = 5;  //Menu button3
   
     // button states for the analog button input values
     // CHECK THAT THESE VALS ARE IN CORRECT ORDER AND ARE CORRECT VALUES
    const int button1LOW = 40;
    const int button1HIGH = 47;
    const int button2LOW = 125;
    const int button2HIGH = 132;
    const int button3LOW = 87;
    const int button3HIGH = 105;
    const int button4LOW = 924;
    const int button4HIGH = 934;
    const int button5LOW = 225;
    const int button5HIGH = 244;
     
     // Begin defining variables
    boolean user_select = false;
    char group_1_patt;                       // Is group 1 fast or slow
    char group_2_patt;                       // Is group 2 fast or slow
    boolean Seq_running = false;             // Check val for running processes
    char group_1_seq;
    char group_2_seq;
    int delay_short = 0;                  // Short delay
    int delay_long = 1000;                   // Long delay
    int buttonState;                         // the current reading from the input pin
    int lastbuttonState = LOW;               // the previous reading from the input pin
   
     // Debounce timers and delays are big b/c the can grow beyond the int limit
    long lastDebounceTime = 0;                // the last time the output pin was toggled
    long debounceDelay = 1;
 
      // Begin listing of functions!
    void put(int servo, int angle)
    {
      //servo is the servo number 0-7, angle is the absolute position from 500 to 5500
      unsigned char buff[6];
      unsigned int temp;
      unsigned char pos_hi,pos_low;
      temp=angle&0x1f80; pos_hi=temp>>7; pos_low=angle & 0x7f;        //Convert the angle data into two 7-bit bytes
     
      //Construct a Pololu Protocol command sentence
      buff[0]=0x80; //start byte
      buff[1]=0x01; //device id
      buff[2]=0x04; //command number
      buff[3]=servo; //servo number
      buff[4]=pos_hi; //data1
      buff[5]=pos_low; //data2
    
      //Send the command to the servo controller
      for(int i=0;i<6;i++){
        Serial.print(buff[i],BYTE);
        }
    }
    void put(unsigned char servo, unsigned int angle){
       //servo is the servo number 0-7, angle is the absolute position from 500 to 5500
      
       //Send a Pololu Protocol command
       Serial.print(0x80,BYTE); //start byte
       Serial.print(0x01,BYTE); //device id
       Serial.print(0x04,BYTE); //command number
       Serial.print(servo,BYTE); //servo number
       //Convert the angle data into two 7-bit bytes
       Serial.print(((angle>>7)&0x3f),BYTE); //data1
       Serial.print((angle&0x7f),BYTE); //data2
    }
    void servoOff(unsigned char servo){
       //servo will go limp until next position command
       //servo is the servo number (typically 0-7)

       //Send a Pololu Protocol command
       Serial.print(0x80,BYTE);//start byte
       Serial.print(0x01,BYTE);//device id
       Serial.print(0x00,BYTE);//command number
       Serial.print(servo,BYTE);//servo number
       Serial.print(0x0f,BYTE);//data1 (turn servo off, keep full range)
    }
    void servoSetSpeed(unsigned char servo, unsigned char speedcmd){
       //servo is the servo number 0-7
       //speed is servo speed (1=slowest, 127=fastest)
       //set speed to zero to turn off speed limiting
      
       speedcmd=speedcmd&0x7f;//take only lower 7 bits of the speed
      
       //Send a Pololu Protocol command
       Serial.print(0x80,BYTE);//start byte
       Serial.print(0x01,BYTE);//device id
       Serial.print(0x01,BYTE);//command number
       Serial.print(servo,BYTE);//servo number
       Serial.print(speedcmd,BYTE);//data1
    }
    // Startup reset all servos to horizontal pos
    void servo_reset_all(){
       put(0,4600); 
       put(1,4600); 
       put(2,4600); 
       put(3,4600);
       put(4,4600); 
       put(5,4600); 
       put(6,4600); 
       put(7,4600);
    }
     // Now define the Group1 sequences
    void group_1_longdelay(unsigned int action){
     if (action == 1){
     put(0,2600);                    // Make paddle vertical
     delay(delay_long); 
     put(1,2600);                    // Make paddle vertical
     delay(delay_long);  
     put(2,2600);                    // Make paddle vertical
     delay(delay_long); 
     put(3,2600);                    // Make paddle vertical
     }else if (action == 0){
      put(0,4600);                    // Make paddle horizontal 
      put(1,4600);                    // Make paddle horizontal 
      put(2,4600);                    // Make paddle horizontal 
      put(3,4600);                    // Make paddle horizontal     
     }
    }
    void group_1_shortdelay(unsigned int action){
     if (action == 1){
     delay(delay_short); 
     put(0,2600);                    // Make paddle vertical  
     }else if (action == 0){
      put(0,4600);                    // Make paddle horizontal
      put(1,2600);                    // Make paddle vertical   
      put(2,2600);                    // Make paddle vertical
      put(3,2600);                    // Make paddle vertical
     }
    }
   
    // Now define the Group2 sequences
    void group_2_longdelay(unsigned int action){
     if (action == 1){
     put(4,2600);                    // Make paddle vertical
     delay(delay_long); 
     put(5,2600);                    // Make paddle vertical
     delay(delay_long);  
     put(6,2600);                    // Make paddle vertical
     delay(delay_long); 
     put(7,2600);                    // Make paddle vertical
     }else if (action == 0){
      put(4,4600);                    // Make paddle horizontal 
      put(5,4600);                    // Make paddle horizontal 
      put(6,4600);                    // Make paddle horizontal 
      put(7,4600);                    // Make paddle horizontal     
     }
    }
    void group_2_shortdelay(unsigned int action){
     if (action == 1){
     delay(delay_short); 
     put(4,2600);                    // Make paddle vertical  
     }else if (action == 0){
      put(4,4600);                    // Make paddle horizontal
      put(5,2600);                    // Make paddle vertical   
      put(6,2600);                    // Make paddle vertical
      put(7,2600);                    // Make paddle vertical
     }
    }
   
    void setup() {
       // Set pins as I/O
       pinMode(lcd_backlight_pin, OUTPUT);
       pinMode(buttonPin, INPUT);
       pinMode(warninglight_pin, OUTPUT);
       pinMode(green_blue_pin, OUTPUT);
       pinMode(blue_green_pin, OUTPUT);
        // Set up the LCD's number of columns and rows:
       lcd.begin(16, 2);
       // Turn on the backlight
       digitalWrite(lcd_backlight_pin, HIGH);
       // Set the serial library at 9600 baud
       Serial.begin(9600);
       // Reset the paddles
          servo_reset_all();
    }

Part 2

void loop() {
   /*
   // LCD Test
    // Set the cursor to column 0, line 1
    lcd.setCursor(0, 0);
    lcd.print("Time Online ");
    // print the number of seconds since reset:
    lcd.print(millis()/1000);
        // END LCD Test
  */
 
   // Read the state of the switch into a local variable:
     
   int reading = analogRead(buttonPin);  
   int tmpbuttonState = LOW;             // The inital reading from the input pin
  
   if(reading>button5LOW && reading<button5HIGH){
     //Read switch 5
     tmpbuttonState = button5;
   }else if(reading>button4LOW && reading<button4HIGH){
     //Read switch 4
     tmpbuttonState = button4;
   }else if(reading>button3LOW && reading<button3HIGH){
     //Read switch 3
     tmpbuttonState = button3;
   }else if(reading>button2LOW && reading<button2HIGH){
     //Read switch 2
     tmpbuttonState = button2;
   }else if(reading>button1LOW && reading<button1HIGH){
     //Read switch 1
     tmpbuttonState = button1;
   }else{
     //No button is pressed;
     tmpbuttonState = LOW;
   }

   // check to see if you just pressed the button
   // (i.e. the input went from LOW to a buttonState),  and you've waited
   // long enough since the last press to ignore any noise: 

   // If the switch changed, due to noise or pressing:
   if (tmpbuttonState != lastbuttonState) {
     // reset the debouncing timer
     lastDebounceTime = millis();
   }

   if ((millis() - lastDebounceTime) > debounceDelay) {
     // whatever the reading is at, it's been there for longer
     // than the debounce delay, so take it as the actual current state:
     buttonState = tmpbuttonState;
   }

   // Save the reading for the next time through the loop
   lastbuttonState = tmpbuttonState;
     
    switch(buttonState){
     case button1:
     lcd.print("group1 go");
      lcd.setCursor(0, 1);
     lcd.print('button');
     delay(100);
     lcd.clear();
     group_1_shortdelay(1);
     delay(1000);
     digitalWrite(green_blue_pin, LOW);
     digitalWrite(blue_green_pin, LOW);
     break;
    
     case button2:
     lcd.print("group2 go");
      lcd.setCursor(0, 1);
     lcd.print('button');
    
     delay(100);
     lcd.clear();
     group_2_longdelay(1);
     delay(1000);
     digitalWrite(green_blue_pin, LOW);
     digitalWrite(blue_green_pin, LOW);
     break;
    
     case button3:
     lcd.setCursor(0, 0);
     lcd.print("group1long set");
     lcd.setCursor(0, 1);
     lcd.print("group2short set");
     digitalWrite(blue_green_pin, LOW);
     digitalWrite(green_blue_pin, HIGH);
     delay(1000);
     lcd.clear();
     group_2_longdelay(0);
     group_1_shortdelay(0);
     break;
    
     case button4:
     lcd.setCursor(0, 0);
     lcd.print("group1short set");
     lcd.setCursor(0, 1);
     lcd.print("group2long set");
     digitalWrite(green_blue_pin, LOW);
     digitalWrite(blue_green_pin, HIGH);
     delay(1000);
     lcd.clear();
     group_1_longdelay(0);
     group_2_shortdelay(0);
     break;
    
     case button5:
     lcd.print("SERVO RESET");
     digitalWrite(green_blue_pin, LOW);
     digitalWrite(blue_green_pin, LOW);
     digitalWrite( warninglight_pin, HIGH);
     delay(100);
     servo_reset_all();
     digitalWrite( warninglight_pin, LOW);
     lcd.clear();
     break;
   }
   
 }