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What It Means to Be Adopted

     Teacher Debbie Moon's first graders were discussing a picture of a family. One little boy in the picture had a different color hair than the other family members.  One child suggested that he was adopted and a little girl said, "I know all about adoptions because I was adopted."
     "What does it mean to be adopted?" asked another child.
     "It means," said the girl, "that you grew in your mommy's heart instead of her tummy."

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Important Things I've Learned From Children:

• It's more fun to color outside the lines.
• If you're gonna draw on the wall, do it behind the couch.
• Ask why until you understand.
• Hang on tight.
• Even if you've been fishing for 3 hours and haven't gotten anything except poison ivy and a sunburn, you're still better off than the worm.
• Make up the rules as you go along.
• It doesn't matter who started it.
• Ask for sprinkles.
• If the horse you're drawing looks more like a dog, make it a dog.
• Save a place in line for your friends.
• Sometimes you have to take the test before you've finished studying.
• If you want a kitten, start out asking for a horse.
• Just keep banging until someone opens the door.
• Making your bed is a waste of time.
• There is no good reason why clothes have to match.
• Even Popeye didn't eat his spinach until he absolutely had to.
• You work so hard pedaling up the hill that you hate to brake on the way down.
• You can't ask to start over just because you're losing the game.

Submitted by HomeRn123

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Things My Mother Taught Me

• My Mother taught me LOGIC..."If you fall off that swing and break your neck, you can't go to the store with me."

• My Mother taught me MEDICINE..."If you don't stop crossing your eyes, they're going to freeze that way."

• My Mother taught me TO THINK AHEAD..."If you don't pass your spelling test, you'll never get a good job!"

• My Mother taught me ESP..."Put your sweater on; don't you think that I know when you're cold?"

• My Mother taught me TO MEET A CHALLENGE..."What were you thinking?  Answer me when I talk to you...Don't talk back to me!"

• My Mother taught me HUMOR..."When that lawn mower cuts off your toes, don't come running to me."

• My Mother taught me how to BECOME AN ADULT..."If you don't eat your vegetables, you'll never grow up.

• My mother taught me ABOUT SEX..."How do you think you got here?"

• My mother taught me about GENETICS..."You are just like your father!"

• My mother taught me about my ROOTS..."Do you think you were born in a barn?"

• My mother taught me about the WISDOM of AGE..."When you get to be my age, you will understand."

• My mother taught me about ANTICIPATION..."Just wait until your father gets home."

• My mother taught me about RECEIVING..."You are going to get it when we get home."

• And, my all-time favorite - JUSTICE..."One day you'll have kids, and I hope they turn out just like YOU -- then you'll see what it's like."

Submitted DkSdBubba

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Grandchildren are God's reward for not killing your own children.

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Never have children, only grandchildren." -- Gore Vidal

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Things Mother's Learn

I gave you life, but cannot live it for you.
I can give you directions, but I cannot be there to lead you.
I can allow you freedom, but I cannot account for it.
I can teach you right from wrong, but I cannot decide for you.
I can offer you advice, but I cannot accept it for you.
I can give you love, but I cannot force it upon you.
I can teach you to share, but I cannot make you unselfish.
I can teach you respect, but I cannot force you to show honor.
I can advise you about friends, but cannot choose them for you.
I can advise you about sex, but I cannot keep you pure.
I can tell you about drink, but I can't say "no" for you.
I can warn you about drugs, but I can't prevent you from using them.
I can tell you about lofty goals, but I can't achieve them for you.
I can teach you about kindness, but I can't force you to be gracious.
I can pray for you, but I cannot make you walk with God.
I can tell you how to live, but I cannot give you eternal life.

Author Unknown
Submitted by Gr8SmokyMt

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Children Learn What They Live
by Dorothy Law Neite 

If a child lives with criticism, he learns to condemn. 
If a child lives with hostility, he learns to fight. 
If a child lives with ridicule, he learns to be shy. 
If a child learns to feel shame, he learns to feel guilty. 
If a child lives with tolerance, he learns to be patient. 
If a child lives with encouragement he learns confidence 
If a child lives with praise, he learns to appreciate. 
He a child lives with fairness, he learns justice. 
If a child lives with security, he learns to have faith. 
If a child lives with approval, he learns to like himself. 
If a child lives with acceptance and friendship,
he learns to find love in the world.

Submitted by Cicec

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