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 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 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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'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'