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…
The Wisdom of Children
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…
Four-year-old Mitch loved candy almost as much as his Mom did. He and Daddy had given her a beautiful heart-shaped box of chocolates for Valentine’s Day. A few days later Mitch was…
A young boy, about six years old, knocked on his neighbor’s door and an old man answered. The boy said that something of his had found its way into the man’s garage,…
A three-year-old boy went with his father to see a litter of kittens. On returning home, he breathlessly informed his mother that there were two boy kitties and two girl kitties. “How…
A small boy is sent to bed by his father. Five minutes later: “Da-ad . . . ” “What?” “I’m thirsty. Can you bring me a drink of water?” “No. You had…
An elderly man is walking down the street one day when he notices a very small boy trying to press a doorbell on a house across the street. However, the boy is…
Little Suzie watched, fascinated, as her mother was putting cold cream on her face. “Why are you rubbing that cream on you face, Mommy?” she asked. “To stay pretty for Daddy,” said…