Wisdom from Children

On their birthdays, a friend of mine videotapes her children. She asks them the same ten questions each year.

I adore one of her boys in particular. He is gentle and wise beyond his years. She asked him, “What do you want your wife to be like?’

After thinking for a while, this third-grader responded, “When she loses a game, I want her to say ’shucks’ in her head and not need to say it out loud.”

4 Responses to “Wisdom from Children”


  1. 1 Gretchen

    I love it. What are the 10 questions?

  2. 2 Sharolyn

    I’m not sure. I’ll have to ask her. She advised to ask while they are playing so that you actually get answers.

    Her other son said that in a wife he wanted someone who knows how to make cake, because he loves cake. (She asked him while they were making a cake.) He then proceeded to lick the bowl. I’m sure this will be shown at his wedding someday.

  3. 3 Eric

    That’s such a great idea. I wish I’d thought of that. I did try to keep a list of some of the great things my daughter came out with when she was younger. She still has some great insights. She’s a gifted writer, and she came down into the kitchen last week after spending a couple of hours in her room writing (longhand, mind you) and said, “I’m so frustrated! I know my characters are having a conversation, but I can’t hear what they’re saying!”

  4. 4 Sharolyn

    I love that.

    Tonight at dinner my daughter asked if MY mom grew up in Heaven. “What makes you think that?” “Because that’s where her mom is.”

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