KIDS -- CALLING THEIR BLUFF In the absence of parental leadership, some children become extremely obnoxious and defiant, especially in public places. Perhaps the best example was a ten-year-old boy named Robert, who was a…
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NOT ON MOTHER'S DAY After dinner one Mother's Day a mother was washing the dishes when her teen- age daughter wandered into the kitchen. Horrified to see her mother at the sink, she exclaimed, "Oh,…
YOU'LL BE A MAN, MY SON If you can keep your head, When all about are losing theirs, And blame it on you . . . If you can dream, And not make dreams your…
THE PRAYER I WANT MY SON TO PRAY The first prayer I want my son to learn to say is not "God keep Daddy safe," but "God, make Daddy brave, and if there are hard…
THE STORK A little boy asked his mother where he came from, and also where she had come from as a baby. His mother gave him a tall tale about a beautiful white- feathered bird.…
A CHILD IS LISTENING One day as a young mother and her kindergarten-aged son were driving down the street, the inquisitive little boy asked a revealing question. He asked, "Mommy, why do the idiots only…
THE FAMILY CAR Three men were discussing what most people wanted in a new car. One said, "Dependability." Another said "Styling." A third said "Economy." Just then a fourth man, who recently had bought his…
THE WEAK LINK In ancient China, the people desired security from the barbaric hordes to the north, so they built the great wall of China. It was so high they knew no one could climb…
A FATHER WITH A MOTHER'S LOVE Perhaps a strange title, but I knew such a father whose love was comparable to that of a loving mother. I was gifted in having both a mother and…
LATCH KEY KIDS A study by child psychologist Dr. Lynette Long, sponsored by the Pets Are Wonderful Council, shows that help is available for latch-key kids -- in the form of a four-legged friend --…
TODAY Now is the time to love. Tomorrow the baby won't be rocked, the toddler won't be asking, "Why?" The schoolboy won't need help with his lessons, nor will he bring his school friends home…
EDISON'S TRIBUTE TO HIS MOTHER I did not have my mother long, but she cast over me an influence which has lasted all my life. The good effects of her early training I can never…
THE BEST TRANSLATION Four clergymen were discussing the merits of the various translations of the Bible. One liked the King James Version best because of its beautiful English. Another liked the American Standard because of…
FAMILY MATH A school teacher was giving a lesson in fractions. "Johnny, suppose there were seven in your family -- five children and mother and father -- a total of seven. And suppose there was…
RETROSPECTIVE A little girl, shown pictures of her mom and dad on their wedding day asked her father, "Daddy, is that the day you got mom to come and work for us?" Charles Krieg, Princeton,…
IN THE GOOD OLD DAYS Grandmother, on a winter's day, Milked the cows, and fed them hay, Slopped the hogs, saddled the mule, And got the children off to school./Did a washing, mopped the floors,…
A LITTLE CHILD SHALL LEAD THEM It happened in my father's church where he was pastor in Mansfield, Ohio, a number of years ago. There was a family with one little daughter. Mother and daughter…
KIDS KNOW HOW IT WORKS Mrs. Arthur Sulzberger, of the newspaper dynasty, was bidding a granddaughter good-night one evening when the child remarked, "Mommy and Daddy are entertaining some very important people downstairs." The grandmother…
LOOKING OUT FOR MOM A penny-pinching miser defended himself against criticism aimed at his parsimonious ways. He said in his own defense, "Why, I couldn't stand for my mother to go on year after year…
CHILDREN'S LETTERS TO GOD Dear God, My name is Robert. I want a baby brother. My mother said to ask my father. May father said to ask you. Do you think you can do it?…
