“Every child should have mud pies, grasshoppers, water-bugs, tadpoles, frogs, mud-turtles, elderberries, wild strawberries, acorns, chestnuts, trees to climb, brooks to wade in, water-lilies, woodchucks, bats, bees, butterflies, various animals to pet, hay-fields, pine-cones, rocks to roll, sand, snakes, huckleberries, and hornets; and any child who has been deprived of these has been deprived of the best part of his education.” -Luther Burbank (1849 - 1926): “Training of the Human Plant” (1907)
"Simple walks with my father around the block on summer nights when I was a child did wonders for me as an adult.” -Author Unknown
“Keeping in touch with childhood memories keeps us believing in life’s simplest pleasures, like a rainy afternoon, a swing-set, and a giant puddle to play in.” -Chrissy Ogden
Children have always been around, but the concept of childhood, as we know it now, is a relatively new one in human history. It began in the mid-twentieth century, when childhood was emphasized as an important time to play and imagine. Prior to then, childhood was a period of surviving the harshness of existence long enough to reach young adulthood, with an emphasis on learning skills such as hunting and gathering, or in more complex civilizations, skills needed to earn a living and participate in a society.
Children laugh about 400 times a day, while adults laugh on average only 15 times a day. Are children having too much fun - or are adults far too serious?
“Truly wonderful the mind of a child is.” -Yoda: in “Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones” (16 May 2002)
“There are children playing in the streets who could solve some of my top problems in physics, because they have modes of sensory perception that I lost long ago.” -J. Robert Oppenheimer (Julius Robert Oppenheimer (1904 - 1967))
“Childhood is measured out by sounds and smells and sights, before the dark hour of reason grows.” -John Betjeman: “Summoned by Bells”
Children grow faster in the springtime than any other season during the year.
Billy: Can youngsters learn to fly jet airplanes?
Bobby: Yes, but they have to use training wheels!
“As a child my family’s menu consisted of two choices: take it or leave it.” -Buddy Hackett
"Simple walks with my father around the block on summer nights when I was a child did wonders for me as an adult.” -Author Unknown
“Keeping in touch with childhood memories keeps us believing in life’s simplest pleasures, like a rainy afternoon, a swing-set, and a giant puddle to play in.” -Chrissy Ogden
Children have always been around, but the concept of childhood, as we know it now, is a relatively new one in human history. It began in the mid-twentieth century, when childhood was emphasized as an important time to play and imagine. Prior to then, childhood was a period of surviving the harshness of existence long enough to reach young adulthood, with an emphasis on learning skills such as hunting and gathering, or in more complex civilizations, skills needed to earn a living and participate in a society.
Children laugh about 400 times a day, while adults laugh on average only 15 times a day. Are children having too much fun - or are adults far too serious?
“Truly wonderful the mind of a child is.” -Yoda: in “Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones” (16 May 2002)
“There are children playing in the streets who could solve some of my top problems in physics, because they have modes of sensory perception that I lost long ago.” -J. Robert Oppenheimer (Julius Robert Oppenheimer (1904 - 1967))
“Childhood is measured out by sounds and smells and sights, before the dark hour of reason grows.” -John Betjeman: “Summoned by Bells”
Children grow faster in the springtime than any other season during the year.
Billy: Can youngsters learn to fly jet airplanes?
Bobby: Yes, but they have to use training wheels!
“As a child my family’s menu consisted of two choices: take it or leave it.” -Buddy Hackett
“A three-year-old child is a being who gets almost as much fun out of a fifty-six dollar set of swings as it does out of finding a small green worm.” -Burton Hillis (pseudonym of William E. ‘Bill’ Vaughan (1915 - 1977))
“Childhood is that time of life when anything is possible.” -Author Unknown
“Six-year-old announces plans to become ballerina gymnast veterinarian horseback-riding princess.” -Author Unknown: “The Onion”
“When I was a kid my parents used to tell me, “Don’t go near the cellar door, Emo!” One day when they were away, I went to the door and opened it . . . and I saw birds and trees.” -Emo Philips (born Philip Soltanec (born 1956))
Toddler Rules
If it is on, I must turn it off.
If it is off, I must turn it on.
If it is high, it must be reached.
If it is shelved, it must be unshelved.
If it is plugged, it must be unplugged.
If it is closed, it must be opened.
If it has buttons, they must be pressed.
If it is a drawer, it must be pulled upon.
If it is a bug, it must be swallowed.
If it is not food, it must be tasted.
If it is food, it must not be tasted.
If it is Mommy, it must be hugged.
by Author Unknown
“A happy childhood is the best horseshoe nail.” -Author Unknown
“I was forced to live far beyond my years when just a child, now I have reversed the order and I intend to remain young indefinitely.” -Mary Pickford (born Gladys Louise Smith, also known as Gladys Marie Pickford (1893 - 1979))
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Wisdom from Children
“Never trust a dog to watch your food.” -Patrick, 10 years of age
“When your dad is mad and asks you, ‘Do I look stupid?’ - don’t answer.” -Hannah, 9 years of age
“Never tell your mom her diet’s not working.” -Michael, 14 years of age
“If life gives you nothing but lemons, make up a better shopping list for it.” -Steven, 8 years of age
“When your Mom is mad at your dad, don’t let her brush your hair.” -Jennifer, 11 years of age
“Never leave your three-year old brother in the same room as your school
assignment.” -Tracy, 14 years of age
“Never hold a hand-held vacuum cleaner and a cat at the same time.” -Katherine, 11 years of age
“You can’t hide a piece of broccoli in a glass of milk.” -Aaron, 9 years of age
“If you want a kitten, start out by asking for a horse.” -Nancy, 15 years of age
“Felt-tip markers are not good to use as lipstick.” -Laura, 9 years of age
“When you get a bad grade in school, show it to your Mom when she’s on
the phone.” -Jill, 13 years of age
“Laugh and the world laughs with you; cry and the world laughs at you.” -Robert, 8 years of age
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“Childhood is that state which ends the moment a puddle is first viewed as an obstacle instead of an opportunity.” -Kathy Williams (1964 - 1996)
“I love child things because there’s so much mystery when you’re a child. When you’re a child, something as simple as a tree doesn’t make sense. You see it in the distance and it looks small, but as you go closer, it seems to grow - you haven’t got a handle on the rules when you’re a child. We think we understand the rules when we become adults but what we really experienced is a narrowing of the imagination.” -David Lynch
“Children despise their parents until the age of forty, when they suddenly become just like them, thus preserving the system.” -Quentin Crewe
“Some people seem as if they can never have been children, and others seem as if they could never be anything else.” -George D. Prentice (George Dennison Prentice (1802 - 1870)): “Prenticeana” (1860)
“I owe a lot to my parents, especially my mother and father.” -Greg Norman
“A lot of children think their parents are all-no-ing.” -Author Unknown
“Children are happy because they don’t have a file in their minds called ‘All the Things That Could Go Wrong.’” -Marianne Williamson (born in July 1952)
Whole Duty of Children
A child should always say what’s true,
And speak when he is spoken to;
And behave mannerly at table,
At least as far as he is able.
by Robert Louis Stevenson (Robert Louis Balfour Stevenson (1850 - 1894)): “A Child’s Garden of Verses” (1885)
“Grown-ups never understand anything for themselves, and it is tiresome for children to be always and forever explaining things to them.” -Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (Antoine Marie Jean-Baptiste Roger (1900 - 1944)): “The Little Prince” (1943)
“It’s never too late to have a happy childhood.” -Tom Robbins (Thomas Eugene ‘Tom’ Robbins (born 1932)): “Still Life with Woodpecker” (October 1980)
This is MFOL! . . . for the child in all of us, who still feels, smells, tastes, hears, and sees the wonder of it all . . .
“Childhood is that time of life when anything is possible.” -Author Unknown
“Six-year-old announces plans to become ballerina gymnast veterinarian horseback-riding princess.” -Author Unknown: “The Onion”
“When I was a kid my parents used to tell me, “Don’t go near the cellar door, Emo!” One day when they were away, I went to the door and opened it . . . and I saw birds and trees.” -Emo Philips (born Philip Soltanec (born 1956))
Toddler Rules
If it is on, I must turn it off.
If it is off, I must turn it on.
If it is high, it must be reached.
If it is shelved, it must be unshelved.
If it is plugged, it must be unplugged.
If it is closed, it must be opened.
If it has buttons, they must be pressed.
If it is a drawer, it must be pulled upon.
If it is a bug, it must be swallowed.
If it is not food, it must be tasted.
If it is food, it must not be tasted.
If it is Mommy, it must be hugged.
by Author Unknown
“A happy childhood is the best horseshoe nail.” -Author Unknown
“I was forced to live far beyond my years when just a child, now I have reversed the order and I intend to remain young indefinitely.” -Mary Pickford (born Gladys Louise Smith, also known as Gladys Marie Pickford (1893 - 1979))
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Wisdom from Children
“Never trust a dog to watch your food.” -Patrick, 10 years of age
“When your dad is mad and asks you, ‘Do I look stupid?’ - don’t answer.” -Hannah, 9 years of age
“Never tell your mom her diet’s not working.” -Michael, 14 years of age
“If life gives you nothing but lemons, make up a better shopping list for it.” -Steven, 8 years of age
“When your Mom is mad at your dad, don’t let her brush your hair.” -Jennifer, 11 years of age
“Never leave your three-year old brother in the same room as your school
assignment.” -Tracy, 14 years of age
“Never hold a hand-held vacuum cleaner and a cat at the same time.” -Katherine, 11 years of age
“You can’t hide a piece of broccoli in a glass of milk.” -Aaron, 9 years of age
“If you want a kitten, start out by asking for a horse.” -Nancy, 15 years of age
“Felt-tip markers are not good to use as lipstick.” -Laura, 9 years of age
“When you get a bad grade in school, show it to your Mom when she’s on
the phone.” -Jill, 13 years of age
“Laugh and the world laughs with you; cry and the world laughs at you.” -Robert, 8 years of age
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“Childhood is that state which ends the moment a puddle is first viewed as an obstacle instead of an opportunity.” -Kathy Williams (1964 - 1996)
“I love child things because there’s so much mystery when you’re a child. When you’re a child, something as simple as a tree doesn’t make sense. You see it in the distance and it looks small, but as you go closer, it seems to grow - you haven’t got a handle on the rules when you’re a child. We think we understand the rules when we become adults but what we really experienced is a narrowing of the imagination.” -David Lynch
“Children despise their parents until the age of forty, when they suddenly become just like them, thus preserving the system.” -Quentin Crewe
“Some people seem as if they can never have been children, and others seem as if they could never be anything else.” -George D. Prentice (George Dennison Prentice (1802 - 1870)): “Prenticeana” (1860)
“I owe a lot to my parents, especially my mother and father.” -Greg Norman
“A lot of children think their parents are all-no-ing.” -Author Unknown
“Children are happy because they don’t have a file in their minds called ‘All the Things That Could Go Wrong.’” -Marianne Williamson (born in July 1952)
Whole Duty of Children
A child should always say what’s true,
And speak when he is spoken to;
And behave mannerly at table,
At least as far as he is able.
by Robert Louis Stevenson (Robert Louis Balfour Stevenson (1850 - 1894)): “A Child’s Garden of Verses” (1885)
“Grown-ups never understand anything for themselves, and it is tiresome for children to be always and forever explaining things to them.” -Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (Antoine Marie Jean-Baptiste Roger (1900 - 1944)): “The Little Prince” (1943)
“It’s never too late to have a happy childhood.” -Tom Robbins (Thomas Eugene ‘Tom’ Robbins (born 1932)): “Still Life with Woodpecker” (October 1980)
This is MFOL! . . . for the child in all of us, who still feels, smells, tastes, hears, and sees the wonder of it all . . .
