Really Important Stuff Kids Have Taught Me

  • It’s more fun to color outside the lines.
  • If you’re going 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.
  • Picking your nose when no one else is looking is still picking your nose.
  • 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.
  • If your dog doesn’t like someone, you probably shouldn’t either.
  • Toads aren’t ugly, they’re just toads.
  • Don’t pop someone else’s bubble.
  • You work so hard peddling up the hill that you hate to brake on the way down.
  • If you stand on tiptoe to be measured this year, you’ll have to stand on tiptoe for the rest of your life.
  • You can’t ask to start over just because you’re losing the game.
  • Chasing the cat is more fun than catching it.
  • Make your mother proud of you.