Answers given by 2nd grade school children to the following questions:
Why did God make mothers?
> > 1. She’s the only one who knows where the scotch tape is.
> > 2. Mostly to clean the house.
> > 3. To help us out of there when we were getting born.
How did God make mothers?
> > 1. He used dirt, just like for the rest of us.
> > 2. Magic plus super powers and a lot of stirring.
> > 3. God made my Mom just the same like he made me. He just used bigger parts.
What ingredients are mothers made of ?
> > 1. God makes mothers out of clouds and angel hair and everything nice in the world and one dab of mean.
> > 2. They had to get their start from men’s bones. Then they mostly use string, I think.
Why did God give you your mother and not some other mom?
> > 1. We’re related.
> > 2. God knew she likes me a lot more than other people’s moms like me.
What kind of little girl was your mom?
> > 1. My Mom has always been my mom and none of that other stuff.
> > 2. I don’t know because I wasn’t there, but my guess would be pretty bossy.
> > 3. They say she used to be nice.
What did Mom need to know about dad before she married him?
> > 1. His last name.
> > 2. She had to know his background. Like is he a crook? Does he get drunk on beer?
> > 3. Does he make at least $800 a year? Did he say NO to drugs and YES to chores?
Why did your mom marry your dad?
> > 1. My dad makes the best spaghetti in the world. And my Mom eats a lot.
> > 2. She got too old to do anything else with him.
> > 3. My grandma says that Mom didn’t have her thinking cap on.
Who’s the boss at your house?
> > 1. Mom doesn’t want to be boss, but she has to because dad’s such a goof ball.
> > 2. Mom. You can tell by room inspection. She sees the stuff under the bed.
> > 3. I guess Mom is, but only because she has a lot more to do than dad.
What’s the difference between moms & dads?
> > 1. Moms work at work and work at home and dads just go to work at work.
> > 2. Moms know how to talk to teachers without scaring them…
> > 3. Dads are taller & stronger, but moms have all the real power ’cause that’s who you got to ask if you want to sleep over at your friend’s.
> > 4. Moms have magic, they make you feel better without medicine.
What does your mom do in her spare time?
> > 1. Mothers don’t do spare time.
> > 2. To hear her tell it, she pays bills all day long.
What would it take to make your mom perfect?
> > 1. On the inside she’s already perfect. Outside, I think some kind of plastic surgery.
> > 2. Diet. You know, her hair. I’d diet, maybe blue.
If you could change one thing about your mom, what would it be?
> > 1. She has this weird thing about me keeping my room clean. I’d get rid of that.
> > 2. I’d make my mom smarter. Then she would know it was my sister who did it and not me.
> > 3. I would like for her to get rid of those invisible eyes on the back of her head.
Thanks Betty
