Interviewing Kids: A Child's Take on Life

I spent 20 minutes interviewing my little five-year-old brother and eight-year-old sister for a Book of Mormon project. I felt like their answers were too GREAT to not share.


Enjoy!:)


Q: What makes the gospel special?
A1: It makes me feel happy that I can get baptized.
A2: If you don't read(the scriptures), a big rock will be on your back. But if you do read, it won't be there. It will just be a little rock.




Q: Who is your favorite Book of Mormon Character?
A1: I like...I don't remember his name. I like Genesis.
A2: I like pigs.


Q: What is your favorite animal?
A1: Elephant.
A2: I only seen one of this. I found it in the wild on a movie. It's a pony, mixed with a turtle, rhino, elephant, and polar bear.


Q:Why does your family make you happy?
A1: Because they love me.
A2: Because they're my family. No.No....Don't put that down! Because they take care of me. 


Q: Why do you think people get married?
A1:Cause they want to get their family sealed together.
A2:They love each other.


Q:What is your idea of a best date?
A1: A double date at Kraver's for your first date.
A2: On a Monday, you'd get a free card to all this stuff--Jumba Juice, free plane to Africa, getting a hundred dollars, and you lose a tooth and find it, and you see a person with 5,000 eyeballs.


Q:What is your favorite song?
A1: You Always Make Me Smile
A2: I Want to Go To Heaven
--Q:Umm.. How does that song go?
A2: I want to go to heaven....Well, I don't really remember how it goes. 


Q: What do you like about Primary?
A1:We get to do fun stuff. I get to color, do activities. My mom brought the I-phone, and we got a turn to play on it.
A2: I like it because it's fun because we get to sing songs, and we get to play games.


How do you think you'll fall in love?
A1:I'll go on dates and I'll think the guy's hot. Then, I'll marry him if he's not chicken.
A2:When I'm ten, I'll see a girl...when I'm walking home from school or maybe driving. I'll call her and ask if she would like to have a play date with me. Then, I'll fall in love with her. Then, I'll kiss her on the lips. 



Q: How does Jesus make life better?
A1: He answers your prayers.
A2: He makes our life better because of how he does it. He made everything.
A1: Almost everything.
A2: EVERYTHING....Except when you kick me like you're doing, or lie, or something. He doesn't make that.

Eight. Words.I. Learned. From.Utah.And.Provo.

They say the average student learns 8 new words every day.


And it's probably true. For instance, I had an astronomy midterm today-and I learned that circumpolar stars are stars that always stay above the horizon. The polaris is another word for the north star. A sidereal month only lasts 27.3 days.


But, really.


Most of the words you've learned have been picked up from the people around you--your friends, your neighbors, your family. 






And Utah. Has some pretty interesting words. 





1. Preemie
A Preemie is a young man who hasn't served his mission yet. Supposedly, a preemie is a bit immature. Preemies are to be avoided at all costs. 


An RM, on the other hand, is a man who has recently/not so recently returned from serving his mission. RMs are also to be avoided at all costs. 


2. Jimmered. 
Yeah, we all know. Jimmer Fredette is talented at shooting balls through hoops. No, really.....He's got so much swagger that we made a verb out of his last name. You just got jimmered, fool!(You just got beaten very badly because I am awesome.)  


3. Tool
 Boys who like to take advantage of girls are tools. Also, boys who are put girls before friends are tools. A tool can mean many things. But basically--it's something bad. You don't want to be one. 




4. Virgin Lips
Never been kissed. 


5. Virgin Hair
This has to do with the process of dying one's hair. Girls who have never colored their hair are VH. Some girls in Provo are VH, but many of them are not. 


I'm not. 




6. DTR
DTR means to define the relationship. It's a word used in many sticky situations, particularly over dating issues. DTR-ing can be very awkward and uncomfortable. It can also end nicely, if you are lucky. 


7. JKB, JFSB, HFAC, etc. 
These are buildings in Provo. We're much too lazy to say the full names. 


8. Nicmo
I don't really want to define this word.  

Dating Truths and Dating Lies

Okay. 

I think people make dating more complicated than it really is. Seriously. 

Why is it that all  BYU students seem to be under the impression that asking a girl or boy on a date is like making an eternal commitment? 

And also, why do young 13-year-old LDS kids think that going on a date is NOT okay, but having a boyfriend/girlfriend is?  

Why are there more single people in all of BYU  than in one Jr. High classroom?(Okay, that's a bit of an exaggeration, but still...) 

Okay, friends. Dating is worth comprehending.  Like many things in life, there are appropriate times, places, and methods to dating. 

You shouldn't start doing push-ups in the middle of a testimony meeting.

But that doesn't mean you should never do push-ups. Doing push-ups is  great to stay healthy, happy, and fit! 




Likewise, it's probably unwise to be making kissy faces at someone when you are in 5th grade. (I'm not in 5th grade, by the way) 

Sooooo...dating is a fun sorta fairy tale in life. BUT, only if you date WHEN, WHERE, WHY, and HOW you ought to. 


Got it?
I thought so.