Something to make you think....

Subject: what love means to 4-8 year olds


I Hope you guys all enjoy this. I did! Have a great weekend!!!:flowerforyou:
*Kistinbee*


> What Love means to a 4-8 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 professional people 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:
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> "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
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> ________________________________
> "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
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> "Love is when a girl puts on perfume and a boy puts on shaving
> cologne and they go out and smell each other."
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> Karl - age 5
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> ________________________________
> "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
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> ________________________________
> "Love is what makes you smile when you're tired."
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> Terri - age 4
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> "Love is when my mommy makes coffee for my daddy and she takes
> a sip before giving it to him, to make sure the tastes is OK."
>
> Danny - age 7
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> ________________________________
> "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 mommy and
> Daddy are like that. They look gross when they kiss."
>
> Emily - age 8
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> ________________________________
> "Love is what's in the room with you at Christmans if you stop
> opening presents and listen."
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> Bobby - age 7 (Wow!)
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> ________________________________
> "If you want to learn to love better, you should start with a
> friend you hate."
>
> Nikka - age 6
> (we need a few million more Nikka's on this
> planet)
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> ________________________________
> "Love is when you tell a guy you like his shirt, then he wears
> it everyday."
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> Noelle - age 7
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> ________________________________
> "Love is like a little old woman and a little old man who are
> still friends even after they know each a long time."
>
> Tommy - age 6
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> ________________________________
> "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, and I
> wasn't scared anymore."
>
> Cindy - age 8
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> ________________________________
> "My mommy loves me more than anybody. You don't see
> anyone else kissing me to sleep at night."
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> Clare - age 6
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> ________________________________
> "Love is when Mommy gives Daddy the best piece of
> chicken."
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> Elaine-age 5
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> ________________________________
> "Love is when Mommy sees Daddy smelly and sweaty and
> still says he is handsomer than Robert Redford."
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> Chris - age 7
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> "Love is when your puppy licks your face even after you
> left him alone all day."
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> Mary Ann - age 4
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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."
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> Lauren - age 4
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> ________________________________
> "When you love somebody, your eyelashes go up and
> down and little stars come out of you." (what an image)
>
> Karen - age 7
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> ________________________________
> "Love is when Mommy sees Daddy on the toilet and
> she doesn't think it's gross."
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> Mark - age 6
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> ________________________________
> "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
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> And the final one -- Author and lecturer Leo Buscaglia
> once talked about a contest he was asked to judge.
>
> The purpose of the contest was to find the most caring child.
>
> The winner was a four year old child whose next door
> neighbor 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 neighbor,
> the little boy said, "Nothing, I just helped him cry."
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> ________________________________

Yah...it made me cry too! It's funny how it's the simple things in life that children can so easily see that we seem to miss...

*Kistinbee*