WHAT LOVE MEANS TO CHILDREN AGE 4 TO 8 YEARS OLD

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[Rasta Nick]

Slow down for two minutes to read this. It is so worth it. Touching words out of the mouths 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 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

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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 Mummy 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, and 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 Mummy 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 Mummy gives Daddy the best piece of chicken.'
Elaine-age 5

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'Love is when Mummy sees Daddy smelly and sweaty and still says he is handsomer than Robert Redford.'
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 Mummy 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 -- 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 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'

[natty threads]

'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)


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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These are all actions.

LOVE is a verb.

Love is what you DO.

Bless up, Rasta Nick.

Thank-you.

[Molliebaz]

Bless up Rasta Nick for showing us the innocence and beauty of children - that was a breath of fresh air after all the bickering on this forum .   It brings to mind the scripture of when I was a child I spoke like a child.   Maybe we should all be a little more childlike when dealing with our bredren.

It would be nice to see uplifting posts in this vein more often.  Children are a gift from Jah, and we are supposed to teach guide and protect them.  It seems they have things to teach us.  Children and animals can be so amusing they lift the spirits.

Just as a little example to make us smile ( not a profound statement ) but my 10 year old niece is obsessed with the weight of her head.   I lost her in the  Post Office and found her trying to weigh her head on the Post Office scales.  Weird or what ?

One love.  Jah guide and protect us all.

Molliebaz

[natty threads]

Oh that is so funny. I bet she's a smart one.

Why the weight of her head I wonder?

Bless up.

[Molliebaz]

She probably thinks the heavier her head, the bigger her brain, the smarter she is !!!!

[Rasta Nick]

My friend asked their 4 year old what love meant and they said "I don't know mummy, ..... love you" and then ran off to play some more lol

[George]

lol @ that nick , some of that is really deep wasnt expecting that,haha i like the french fries one, can relate

nice posstttt!!

iriie

peace

one love

[msgal]

It's amazing what we can see until our minds get cluttered up with
the business grownups think is important.

come on people now, smile on your brother, everybody get together try to love one another right now.
Bless