The Wisdom of Children

Who Can I Talk To?

A salesman telephoned a household, and a four year old boy answered… Salesman: May I speak to your mother? Boy: She’s not here. Salesman: Well, is anyone else there? Boy: My sister….

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Brotherly Love

A boy was taking care of his noisy baby sister while his parents went to town shopping. He decided to go fishing and took her with him. “I’ll never do that again,”…

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Offer Of Help

One evening, a four-year-old child came in while his mom was setting the table for supper. Quite surprisingly, he asked if he could help. His mother said, “No, but I appreciate your…

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Kids Q and A

Real answers given by children… Q: Name the four seasons. A: Salt, pepper, mustard and vinegar. Q: Explain one of the processes by which water can be made safe to drink. A:…

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How Many Sheep?

The teacher came up with a good problem. “Suppose,” she asked the second-graders, “there were a dozen sheep and six of them jumped over a fence. How many would be left?” “None,”…

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The Wedding Album

My daughter was four years old, and was having a hard time grasping the concept of marriage. Thinking visual images would help, I got out my wedding album. Going page by page…

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Broken Bone

While leading a tour of kindergarten students through our hospital, I overheard a conversation between one little girl and an x-ray technician. “Have you ever broken a bone?” he asked. “Yes,” the…

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Banking Lessons

The teenage son was having trouble mastering the fine points of balancing his new checking account. “The bank returned the check you wrote to the sporting goods store,” his mother said. “Oh…

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The Boy and the Frog

A boy was walking along one day when a frog called out to him and said, “If you kiss me, I’ll turn into a beautiful princess.” He bent over, picked up the…

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Predicting Punishment

A little boy wasn’t getting good marks in school. One day he tapped his teacher on the shoulder and said, “I don’t want to scare you, but my daddy says if I…

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Kids On Relationships

“Marriage is when you get to keep your girl and don’t have to give her back to her parents” -Eric, AGE 6 “You flip a nickel, and heads means you stay with…

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Tied Up Over Shoes

There is an old story about a mother who walks in on her six-year-old son and finds him sobbing. “What’s the matter?” she asks. “I’ve just figured out how to tie my…

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