From Children's Mouths

When my daughter was about four years old, she still had a hard time grasping the concept of marriage. But anyway, I got out our wedding album,thinking visual images would help, and explained the entire service to her.Once finished, I asked if she had any questions, and she replied, "Oh, I see. Is that when Mommy came to work for us?"

A mother took her three year old daughter to church for the first time.The church lights were lowered, and then the choir came down the aisle,carrying lighted candles. All was quiet until the little one started to sing in a loud voice "Happy Birthday to you..."

After listening restlessly to a long and tedious sermon, a 6 year old boy asked his father what the preacher did the rest of the week. "Oh, he's a very busy man," the father replied. "He takes care of church business,visits the sick, ministers to the poor...and then he has to have time to rest up. Talking in public isn't an easy job, you know." The boy thought about that, then said, "Well, listening ain't easy, either."

I had been teaching my three year old daughter, Caitlin, the Lord's Prayer. For several evenings at bedtime she repeated it after me. One night she said she was ready to solo. I listened with pride as she carefully enunciated each word, right up to the end of the prayer. "Lead us not into temptation," she prayed, "but deliver us some email. Amen."

When I was a coach for Little League Baseball, I used about the same opening speech every year: "We have to use sportsmanship at all times.There will be no yelling at the umpires or other players and no being poorlosers. Do y'all understand ?" At that point the kids would generally nod,then I'd add, "Good ! Now please go home and explain all that to your parents."

My Granddaughter Tina came home from school the other day worn to a frazzle. Seems the computers went down, and she had to write all afternoon.

I've noticed the quickest way to get any kid's attention is to sit down and look comfortable.

Graphic's from:

: background : pencil : man at desk

- church, candle, : cleaning girl, birthday,

: bride & groom, computer

Animated Gif Archive : woman

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