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Community => Coffee Lounge => Topic started by: tizaala on January 11, 2012, 08:32:48 am
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What Love means to a 4 to 8 year old...
Slow down for three minutes to read this. It is so worth it.
Touching words from the mouth of babes..
A group of professionals posed this question to a group of 4 to 8 year-olds ,
'What does love mean?'
The answers they got were broader and deeper than anyone could have imagined
See what you think:
'When my grandmother got arthritis, she couldn't bend over and paint her toenails anymore.. So my grandfather does it for her all the time, even when his hands got arthritis too. That's love.'
Rebecca- age 8
'When someone loves you, the way they say your name is different.
You just know that your name is safe in their mouth.'
Billy - age 4
'Love is when a girl puts on perfume and a boy puts on shaving cologne and they go out and smell each other.'
Karl - age 5
'Love is when you go out to eat and give somebody most of your French fries without making them give you any of theirs.'
Chrissy - age 6
'Love is what makes you smile when you're tired.'
Terri - age 4
'Love is when my mummy makes coffee for my daddy and she takes a sip before giving it to him, to make sure the taste is OK.'
Danny - age 7
'Love is when you kiss all the time. Then when you get tired of kissing, you still want to be together and you talk more. My Mummy and Daddy are like that. They look gross when they kiss'
Emily - age 8
'Love is what's in the room with you at Christmas if you stop opening presents
And listen.'
Bobby - age 7 (Wow!)
'If you want to learn to love better, you should start with a friend who you hate , '
Nikka - age 6
(we need a few million more Nikka's on this planet)
'Love is when you tell a guy you like his shirt, then he wears it every day.'
Noelle - age 7
'Love is like a little old woman and a little old man who are still friends even after they know each other so well.'
Tommy - age 6
'During my piano recital, I was on a stage and I was scared. I looked at all the people watching me and saw my daddy waving and smiling.
He was the only one doing that. I wasn't scared anymore.'
Cindy - age 8
'My Mum loves me more than anybody
You don't see anyone else kissing me to sleep at night.'
Clare - age 6
'Love is when Mummy gives Daddy the best piece of chicken.'
Elaine-age 5
'Love is when Mummy sees Daddy smelly and sweaty and still says he is handsomer than Robert Redford .'
Chris - age 7
'Love is when your puppy licks your face even after you left him alone all day.'
Mary Ann - age 4
'I know my older sister loves me because she gives me all her old clothes and has to go out and buy new ones.'
Lauren - age 4
'When you love somebody, your eyelashes go up and down and little stars come out of you.' (what an image)
Karen - age 7
'Love is when Mummy sees Daddy on the toilet and she doesn't think it's gross..'
Mark - age 6
'You really shouldn't say 'I love you' unless you mean it. But if you mean it, you should say it a lot. People forget.'
Jessica - age 8
And the final one . . . (my favourite x)
The winner was a four year old child whose next door neighbour was an elderly gentleman who had recently lost his wife.
Upon seeing the man cry, the little boy went into the old gentleman's yard , climbed onto his lap, and just sat there.
When his Mother asked what he had said to the neighbour, the little boy said ,
'Nothing, I just helped him cry'
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And that last one brought a tear to my eye :)
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Awww, so sweet
This is my favourite
'When someone loves you, the way they say your name is different.
You just know that your name is safe in their mouth.'
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Awww, so sweet
This is my favourite
'When someone loves you, the way they say your name is different.
You just know that your name is safe in their mouth.'
Mine, too. But they're all wonderful. Although someone's older sister is on the road to being a manipulative bint... ;)
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I'm off to make Dan some coffee and I'll put the best bit of chicken and some french fries in it before I taste it ;D
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Rosemary..... you'r such a creap.....
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'I know my older sister loves me because she gives me all her old clothes and has to go out and buy new ones.'
sadly they don't remember that when they are teens! IT'S LOVE ;D ;D :&>
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I'm off to make Dan some coffee and I'll put the best bit of chicken and some french fries in it before I taste it ;D
That is true love, Rosemary. :love:
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'I know my older sister loves me because she gives me all her old clothes and has to go out and buy new ones.'
sadly they don't remember that when they are teens! IT'S LOVE ;D ;D :&>
My big sister was like that , I was quite pleased mine forgot when she was in her teens as I'm a year younger and a male.
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:) :) :) I sooo love working with children as they say such honest things that you loose as you "grow up" and get influenced by people telling what you should say.
My middle daughter said to me when she was 4, " I love Grandad cause he smells like a donkey" :D, I knew she ment it as she has always love animals and horses in particular and my mum used to get mad that my dad never changed his clothes or washed very often!!!
Steve loves me cause he takes a handful of my sweets to stop me getting fatter!!!!
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Those are lovely ;D
I liked the name being safe in someone's mouth but also the old man painting the old lady's toenails :)
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I'm off to make Dan some coffee and I'll put the best bit of chicken and some french fries in it before I taste it ;D
And if he loves you, he'll let you taste it BEFORE you put the best bit of chicken and a few french fries in it....
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I just spoke to my daughter who is the mum of 4,
she overheard her 4 year old saying to the 1 year old -
"Don't moan as people don't care about babies moaning they only care about themselves" ...so true!!!