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...

1. "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

2. "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

3. "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

4. "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

5. "Love is what makes you smile when you're tired."

Terri - age 4

6. "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

7. "Love is when you kiss all the time. Then when you get tired of kissing, you still want to be together and you talk more. My Mommy and Daddy are like that. They look gross when they kiss"

Emily - age 8

8. "Love is what's in the room with you at Christmas if you stop opening presents and listen."

Bobby - age 7 (Wow!)

9. "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)

10. "Love is when you tell a guy you like his shirt, then he wears it everyday."

Noelle - age 7

11. "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

12. "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

13. "My mommy loves me more than anybody . You don't see anyone else kissing me to sleep at night."

Clare - age 6

14. "Love is when Mommy gives Daddy the best piece of chicken."

Elaine-age 5

15. "Love is when Mommy sees Daddy smelly and sweaty and still says he is handsomer than Robert Redford."

Chris - age 7

16. "Love is when your puppy licks your face even after you left him alone all day."

Mary Ann - age 4

17. "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

18. "When you love somebody, your eyelashes go up and down and little stars come out of you." (what an image)

Karen - age 7

19. "Love is when Mommy sees Daddy on the toilet and she doesn't think it's gross."

Mark - age 6

20. "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

21. And the final one -- Author and lecturer Leo Buscaglia once talked about a contest he was asked to judge.

The purpose of the contest was to find the most caring child.

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"

一組專業(yè)人員向一群四到八歲的孩子問了這樣一個問題：“愛是什么意思？”

結(jié)果答案的廣度和深度卻出乎所有人意料之外?？纯茨闶窃趺聪氲摹?/P>

1. "我奶奶得了關(guān)節(jié)炎，再也不能彎下來涂腳趾甲。于是我爺爺總是給她涂，甚至當他自己的手得了關(guān)節(jié)炎也是這樣。這就是愛。"

麗貝卡- 八歲

2. "當有人愛上你，他說你名字的方式是不一樣的。你就知道你的名字在他嘴里說出來感覺棒極了。"

比利 - 四歲

3. "愛就是女孩抹香水男孩涂古龍水，然后他們出去，互相聞著。"

卡爾 - 五歲

4. "愛就是當你出去吃飯時，你把自己大部分薯條給某個人，而卻并不在意他是不是也給你。"

克里希- 六歲

5. "愛就是在你累的時候讓你笑起來的東西。"

特里- 四歲

6. "愛就是當我媽咪給爹地泡咖啡，在給他之前先嘗一口，看看味道是不是還可以。"

丹尼 - 七歲

7. "愛就是你們一直接吻的時候。然后你們厭煩了接吻，但你們?nèi)匀幌氪粼谝黄?，而且你們聊得更多。媽咪和爹地就是這樣的。他們接吻的時候，看上去很下流。"

艾蜜俐 - 八歲

8. "愛就是圣誕節(jié)當你在房間里拆開禮物時，讓你停下來去聽的東西。"

鮑比 - 七歲 (哇!)

9. "如果你想學(xué)著愛得更好，就應(yīng)該從愛你所恨的人開始。"

妮卡 - 六歲

(在這個星球上我們需要千千萬萬更多的小妮卡們)

10. "愛就是當你告訴一個男孩你喜歡他的襯衫，他就每天都穿著它。"

諾艾爾 - 七歲

11. "愛就像一個小老太婆和一個小老頭兒，盡管他們彼此很了解，但卻仍然是朋友。"

湯米 - 六歲

12. "在鋼琴獨奏會上，我在臺上，很緊張。望著臺下，所有人都在看我。我看到爹地沖我揮手微笑，只有他一個人這么做。我就不再感到緊張了。"

辛迪 - 八歲

13. "媽咪愛我勝過所有人。沒有人像她那樣在晚上吻著我入睡。"

克萊爾 - 六歲

14. "愛就是在媽咪把最好的雞塊給爹地的時候。"

伊萊恩 -五歲

15. "愛就是媽咪看到爹地一身臭汗的樣子卻仍然說他比勞勃·瑞福還帥。"

克莉絲 - 七歲

16. "愛就是你一整天扔下你的小狗狗不管，而它卻仍然舔你的臉的時候。"

瑪麗·安 - 四歲

17. "我知道我姐姐愛我，因為她把她所有的舊衣服都給了我，而她卻不得不出去買新的。"

勞倫 - 四歲

18. "當你愛上某個人，你的睫毛忽上忽下的，小星星從里面出來。" (這會是什么樣子)

卡倫 - 七歲

19. "愛就是當媽咪進衛(wèi)生間看到爹地在里面，而她卻并不覺得惡心的時候。"

馬克 - 六歲

20. "你真的不能說出‘我愛你’，除非你是來真的。但是一旦你是來真的，你就應(yīng)該經(jīng)常說。人們總是忘記。"

杰西卡 - 八歲

21. 最后一個 -- 作家兼講師里歐·布斯加利亞曾經(jīng)談到一次比賽，當時他被邀去當評委。那次比賽是要評出最有愛心的小孩。獲勝者是一個四歲的孩子，他的鄰居是一位新近喪妻的老者。這個小男孩看到那個老人哭泣，便走進他的院子，爬到他的膝上，然后就坐在那兒。后來他媽媽問他對那個鄰居說了什么，小男孩說：“什么也沒說，我只是幫著他哭。”

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