For weeks, a six-year old lad kept telling his teacher about the baby brother or sister that was expected at his house. One day his mother allowed him to feel the movements…
The Wisdom of Children
On the way to pre-school, the doctor had left her stethoscope on the car seat, and her youngest daughter picked it up and began playing with it. “That is so sweet,” thought…
One day a bus load of kids went for a field trip to the police station. One of the kids went into the Chief’s office and saw a picture of a man…
Dispatching her ten-year-old son to pick up a pizza, a mother handed him some money and a discount coupon. Later he came home with the pizza AND the coupon. When asked to…
A little boy came home from the playground with a bloody nose, black eye, and torn clothing. It was obvious he’d been in a bad fight and lost. While his father was…
A father was discussing geography with his two year old daughter: “Where do you live?” he asked her. “Minneapolis,” she said. “Where does grandma live?” “Baltimore.” “Where does uncle Joe live?” “Chicago.”…
Little Susan was mother’s helper. She helped set the table when company was due for dinner. Presently everything was on, the guest came in, and everyone sat down. Then Mother noticed something…
A father of five won a large stuffed animal in a raffle. All the way home he agonized about which child should receive the toy. When he arrived, he called the kids…
A grandmother was watching her 8-year-old granddaughter while her parents were out of town. The young girl was delaying bedtime, as usual, so her grandmother told her about counting sheep to fall…
A six-year-old called his mother from his friend Charlie’s house and confessed he had broken a lamp when he threw a football in their living room. “But, Mom,” he said, brightening, “you…
One summer evening during a thunderstorm a mother was tucking her small boy into bed. She was about to turn off the light when he asked with a tremor in his voice,…
A little girl asked her mother: “Can I go outside and play with the boys?” Her mother replied: “No, you can’t play with the boys, they’re too rough.” The little girl thought…