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Why do we use our child's full name when we are angry at them?
Why do children only do the new things they've learned, for us, but never for other people, to whom you have just boasted?
Wouldn't it be nice to be able to forgive each other as quickly and effortlessly as children forgive each other?
Why is it that we loose all our childhood energy as we grow up and need 48 hours in a day to get everything done?
How come, we, as children will fight tooth and nail not to have a nap, only to find ourselves as adults, wishing with all of our hearts that we could?
Why is it that children stop wanting to help with house work when they're actually old enough to do it themselves?
Wouldn't it be nice if children remembered a poem or a prayer as easily as they remember all the swear words that they hear?
Why is it that we spend the first two years of a child's life actively encouraging the child to speak only to shush them for all the rest of their years with us?
Why is it that the child is yours when he/she is behaving and mine when he/she is misbehaving?
What of the saying, "It's like taking candy from a baby." Who would give candy to a baby in the first place?
Why is it that we can spend hundreds of dollars on the latest safest most educational toys for our toddler only to discover that he likes playing with a plain cardboard box or the pots and pans?
Wouldn't it be nice if our children remained enthusiastic about school past the first grade?
Why is it that according to your mother-in-law, your child looks like everyone in your husband's family and no one in yours, not even you?
Why is it that your child will firmly believe that everything that happens within a five mile radius of him is his fault (e.g., mom and dad's divorce) except when he actually is at fault? (e.g., Who put his sister's favorite barbie in the toilet?)
Why is it that your child will go to the wall to keep a friend's secret but will rat on a sibling in a heart beat?
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