Touching words from the
mouths of babes.
WHAT
LOVE MEANS TO 4-8 YEAR OLDS.
What does
'Love' mean?
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:
'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.'
Chrissie - 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
'If you
want to learn to love better, you should start with a friend who you hate,'
Nikka - age 6
'Love is
when you tell a guy you like his shirt, then he wears it everyday.'
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 mummy
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 --
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 neighbour, the little boy
said,
'Nothing, I
just helped him cry'.
When there is
nothing left,
that is
when you find out that love is all you
need.
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