What love means to a 4-8 year old...

[meliss8599]

I got this email today and thought I would share it with you since most of us have children. I hope it brightens your day (maybe you'll even shed a few tears) as it brightened mine. Maybe some of your kids have said things just as endearing:

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.'

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.'

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 taste 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 Christmas if you stop opening presents and listen.'

Bobby - age 7 (Wow!)


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'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)


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'Love is when you tell a guy you like his shirt, then he wears it everyday.'

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 other so well.'

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. 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.'

Clare - age 6


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'Love is when Mommy gives Daddy the best piece of chicken.'

Elaine-age 5


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'Love is when Mommy sees Daddy smelly and sweaty and still says he is handsomer than Brad Pitt.'

Chris - age 7


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'Love is when your puppy licks your face even after you left him alone all day.'

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.'

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.'

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

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'

 

[krismom]

wiping the tears away....
thank you.

 

[Benducci]

that is so sweet.

 

[kloei423]

This gets me every time

 

[amandaraye]

These are so great!

After reading this I posed this question to my DS6. I was so looking forward to some deep, meaningful answer. Instead, I received a typical male response:

"Huh? I don't understand the question. Love is just that you like someone a lot so you love them. Duh."

I guess I went horribly wrong at some point as a mother.

 

[matthew&haleysmom]

Thanks for sharing! I love to read this every time I come across it!

 

[nike]

WHY DID YOU MAKE ME READ THAT - I AM AT WORK AND MY EYES ARE WATERING, NOW THEY ALL THINK I AM CRAZY

THAT WAS ONE OF THE SWEETNESS THINGS I HAVE READ

THANKS FOR SHARING

 

[princesspiglet]

Ah, that was so sweet and made me cry. I asked my DD5 this question the other night when she asked me how many people I loved, so I asked her what she thought "love" was, she said:

"Um, love is when you hug and kiss me all morning long so that I don't get sad or lonely at school cause I just remember you kissing me.....and ice cream".

I raised her well!

 

[SILLYANDI]

Oh...precious. Wiping tears from my eyes...thanks for sharing!

 

[Ariel8676]

That is so sweet!

 

[Princess_Michelle]

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