WHY PEOPLE FALL IN LOVE
"One of the people has freckles and so he finds somebody else who has freckles too." ~~Andrew, age 6 "No one is sure why it happens, but I heard it has something to do with how you smell ... That's why perfume and deodorant are so popular.." ~~Mae, age 9 "I think you're supposed to get shot with an arrow or something, but the rest of it isn't supposed to be so painful." ~~Manuel, age 8

BEAUTY AND HANDSOMENESS IN LOVE
"If you want to be loved by somebody who isn't already in your family, it doesn't hurt to be beautiful." ~~Anita C., age 8 "It isn't always just how you look. Look at me. I'm handsome like anything and I haven't got anybody to marry me yet." ~~Brian, age 7 "Beauty is skin deep. But how rich you are can last a long time." ~~Chris, age 9

REFLECTIONS ON THE NATURE OF LOVE
"Love is the most important thing in the world, but baseball is pretty good too." ~~Greg, age 8

WHY LOVERS OFTEN HOLD HANDS
"They want to make sure their rings don't fall off because they paid good money for them." ~~Gavin, age 8 "They are just practicing for when they might have to walk down the aisle someday and do the holy matchimony thing." ~~John, age 9

CONFIDENTIAL OPINIONS ABOUT LOVE

"I'm in favor of love as long as it doesn't happen when 'Dinosaurs' is on television." ~~Jill, age 6 "Love is foolish ... but I still might try it sometime." ~~Floyd, age 9 "Yesterday I kissed a girl in a private place ... We were behind a tree." ~~Carey, age 7 "Love will find you, even if you are trying to hide from it. I been trying to hide from it since I was five, but the girls keep finding me." ~~Dave, age 8 "I'm not rushing into being in love. I'm finding fourth grade hard enough." ~~Regina, age 10

SUREFIRE WAYS TO MAKE A PERSON FALL IN LOVE WITH YOU

"Tell them that you own a whole bunch of candy stores." ~~Del, age 6 "Shake your hips and hope for the best." ~~Camille, age 9 "Yell out that you love them at the top of your lungs ... and don't worry if their parents are right there." ~~Manuel, age 8 "Don't do things like have smelly, green sneakers. You might get attention, but attention ain't the same thing as love." ~~Alonzo, age 9 "One way is to take the girl out to eat. Make sure it's something she likes to eat. French fries usually works for me." ~~Bart, age 9

HOW A PERSON LEARNS TO KISS
"You can have a big rehearsal with your Barbie and Ken dolls." ~~Julia, age 7 "You learn it right on the spot when the gooshy feelings get the best of you." ~~Brian, age 7 "It might help to watch soap operas all day." ~~Carin, age 9

WHEN IS IT OKAY TO KISS SOMEONE?
"When they're rich." ~~Pam, age 7 "It's never okay to kiss a boy. They always slobber all over you ... That's why I stopped doing it." ~~Tammy, age 10 "If it's your mother, you can kiss her anytime. But if it's a new person, you have to ask permission." ~~Roger, age 6 "I look at kissing like this: Kissing is fine if you like it, but it's a free country and nobody should be forced to do it."

HOW TO MAKE LOVE ENDURE
"Spend most of your time loving instead of going to work." ~~Dick, age 7 "Be a good kisser. It might make your wife forget that you never take out the trash." ~~Dave, age 8

HOW CAN YOU TELL IF TWO ADULTS EATING AT A RESTAURANT ARE IN LOVE

"Just see if the man picks up the check. That's how you can tell if he's in love." ~~Bobby, age 9 "Lovers will just be staring at each other and their food will get cold... Other people care more about the food." ~~Bart, age 9 "Romantic adults usually are all dressed up, so if they are just wearing jeans it might mean they used to go out or they just broke up." ~~Sarah, age 9 "See if the man has lipstick on his face." ~~Sandra, age 7 "It's love if they order one of those desserts that are on fire. They like to order those because it's just like how their hearts are -- on fire." ~~Chris, age 9

KIDS ON MARRIAGE

"Marriage is when you get to keep your girl and don't have to give her back to her parents" ~~Eric, age 6 "When somebody's been dating for a while, the boy might propose to the girl. He says to her, 'I'll take you for a whole life, or at least until we have kids and get divorced, but you got to do one particular thing for me.' Then she says yes, but she's wondering what the thing is and whether it's naughty or not. She can't wait to find out." ~~Anita, age 9

HOW DOES A PERSON DECIDE WHOM TO MARRY
"You flip a nickel, and heads means you stay with him and tails means you try the next one." ~~Kally, age 9 "My mother says to look for a man who is kind ... That's what I'll do ... I'll find somebody who's kinda tall and handsome." ~~Carolyn, age 8

PROPER AGE AT WHICH TO GET MARRIED.
"Eighty-four, Because at that , you don't have to work anymore, and you can spend all your time loving each other in your bedroom." ~~Carolyn, age 8 "Once I'm done with kindergarten, I'm going to find me a wife" ~~Bert, age 5

THE GREAT DEBATE: IS IT BETTER TO BE SINGLE OR MARRIED??
"You should ask the people who read Cosmopolitan" ~~Kirsten, age 10 "It's better for girls to be single but not for boys. Boys need somebody to clean up after them" ~~Anita, age 9 "It gives me a headache to think about that stuff. I'm just a kid. I don't need that kind of trouble." ~~Will, age 7

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