Five-year-old Becky answered the door when the census taker came by. She told the census taker that her daddy was a doctor and wasn’t home because he was performing an appendectomy. “My,”…

A father and his small son were standing in front of the tiger’s cage at the zoo. The father was explaining how ferocious and strong tigers are, and junior was taking it…

Dispatching her ten-year-old son to pick up a pizza, the mother handed him the money and a two-dollar coupon. Later he came home with the pizza AND the coupon. When asked to…

Mother decided that 10-year-old Cathy should get something ‘practical’ for her birthday. “Suppose we open a savings account for you?” Mother suggested. Cathy was delighted. “It’s your account, darling,” Mother said as…

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….

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,”…

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…

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:…

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,”…

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…

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…

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…