Really Important Stuff My Kids Have Taught Me

Excerpts from the book by Cynthia Copeland Lewis.

If you're going to bother wetting the soap and messing up the towel, you might as well go ahead and wash your hands.

Even if you make a really nice place for it to live, with grass and dirt and a few rocks and sticks, the caterpillar will still spend all its time trying to get out of the jar.

Make up the rules as you go along.

Don't say "The last one there is a rotten egg" unless you're absolutely sure there's a slow kid behind you.

Even babies like to grab for things just beyond their reach.

If you want to see a shooting star, you might have to spend a lot of nights looking up.

Believe in Santa Claus.

Being captain doesn't mean you're the smartest one, it just means you're the one with the boat.

If it tastes good, it probably isn't good for you.

Just keep banging until someone opens the door.

If you start out afraid of the dark, pretty soon you'll be afraid of the dusk too.

It can't hurt to ask for a fourth wish.

No one does much living in the living room.

There are names that hurt much more than sticks and stones.

If it's in your way, climb over it.

One hundred times is not too much when it's your favorite book.

You can't be everyone's best friend.

A ten dollar bill doesn't do much good if the candy machine only takes quarters.

As soon as you understand two times four, you can't believe that there was a time when you didn't understand it.

Red, white, and blue always go together.

It's hard to save the best for last.

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