What Does Love Mean? How 4-8 Year-Old Kids Describe Love

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November 15, 2024 a project of ServiceSpace The longer I live, the more deeply I learn that love — whether we call it friendship, or family, or romance — is the work of mirroring and magnifying each other's light. - Maria Popova - What Does Love Mean? How 4-8 Year-Old Kids Describe Love This wonderful capture of kids responding to the question, “What does love mean?” reminds us that they are magnifying and mirroring those around them. They are watching, and they are listening. From their parents, grandparents, schoolmates, elderly neighbors, and more, they see and say what they see and hear about what love means. Love shows up in many ways: When “Mommy gives Daddy the best piece of chicken;” when grandfather paints grandmother’s toenails “even when his hands got arthritis too;” or when a 4-year-old sits on an elderly neighbor’s lap, saying nothing, because it simply “helped him cry.” And Nikka, age 6, provides this sage advice: "If you want to learn to love better, you should start with a friend who you hate." { read more } Be The Change "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," says Jessica, age 8. Tell someone you love them. Say it a lot lest they forget. Magnify their light. COMMENT | RATE             DailyGood is a volunteer-run initiative that delivers "good news" to 148,454 subscribers. There are many ways to help. To unsubscribe, click here. Other ServiceSpace projects include: KindSpring  //  KarmaTube  //  Conversations  //  Awakin  //  More