- How Does a Person Know Whom to Marry?
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- "You flip a nickel, and heads means
you stay with him and tails means you try the next one." Kally, age
9
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- "You got to find somebody who likes
the same stuff. Like if you like sports, she should like it that you like
sports, and she should keep the chips and dip coming." Allan, age
10
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- "No person really decides before
they grow up who they're going marry. God decides it all way before, and
you got to find out later who you're stuck with." Kirsten, age 10
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- Concerning the Proper Age to Get Married
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- "Twenty-three is the best age because
you know the person FOREVER by then." Cam, age 10
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- "No age is good to get married at....
You got to be a fool to get married!" Freddie, age 6
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- How Can a Stranger Tell If Two People
are Married? "Married people usually look happy to talk to other people."
Eddie, age 6
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- "You might have to guess based on
whether they seem to be yelling at the same kids." Derrick, age 8
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- What Do You Think Your Mom and Dad Have
in Common? "Both don't want no more kids." Lori, age 8
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- What Do Most People Do on a Date?
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- "Dates are for having fun, and people
should use them to get to know each other. Even boys have something to
say if you listen long enough." Lynnette, age 8
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- "On the first date, they just tell
each other lies, and that usually gets them interested enough to go for
a second date." Martin, age 10
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- What the Children Would Do if the First
Date was Turning Sour
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- "I'd run home and play dead. The
next day I would call all the newspapers and make sure they wrote about
me in all the dead columns." Craig, 9
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- When is it Ok to Kiss Someone?
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- "When they're rich!" Pam, age
7
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- "The law says you have to be eighteen,
so I wouldn't want to mess with that." Curt, age 7
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- The rule goes like this: If you kiss
someone, then you should marry them and have kids with them.... It's the
right thing to do." Howard, age 8
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- The Great Debate: Is it Better to Be
Single or Married?
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- "It's better for girls to be single
but not for boys. Boys need somebody to clean up after them!" Anita,
age 9
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- "Single is better ... for the simple
reason that I wouldn't want to change no diapers... Of course, if I did
get married, I'd figure something out. I'd just phone my mother and have
her come over for some coffee and diaper- changing." Kristen, age
10
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- What Advice Do You Have for a Young Couple
About to be Married?
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- "The first thing I'd say to them
is: 'Listen up, youngins ... I got something to say to you. Why in the
heck do you wanna get married, anyway?'" Craig, age 9
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- What Promises Do a Man and Woman Make
to Each Other When They Marry? "A man and a woman promise to go through
sickness and illness and diseases together." Marlon, age 10
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- How To Make a Marriage Work
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- "Tell your wife that she looks pretty
even if she looks like a truck!" Ricky, age 7
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- "If you want to last with your man,
you should wear a lot of sexy clothes.... Especially underwear that is
red and maybe has a few diamonds on it." Lori, age 8
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- Getting Married for a Second Time
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- "Most men are brainless, so you
might have to try more than one to find a live one." Angie L., age
10
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- How Would the World Be Different if People
Didn't Marry?
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- "There sure would be a lot of kids
to explain, wouldn't there?" Kelvin, age 8
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- "You can be sure of one thing -
the boys would come chasing after us just the same as they do now!"
Mary, age 9
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