Kids Talk

Laura: I’ll come with you to the market, Dad. Daneil: I’ll come too. Laura: But who will comfort Mummy?

Daniel: What’s a TAFE? Deb: A place like a university where you go to learn things. It’s different to a university though, because most of the things you can learn there are things you can do with your hands. Daniel: Like shuffling cards?

Daniel: How does the milk you drink get into your bones? I’ve never been able to work that out.

Daniel: I want to go snowboarding ’cause you can do jumps and flips and all that. Laura: Daniel, you’re making me scared of life. I just want to be dead forever. Daniel: But Laura, there’d be no computer and no friends or anything. Laura: Yeah, I’m dead.

Laura: Points? I don’t care about points. I just care about my tamagotchi’s health.

Laura: I wish every day was summer. Daniel: But Laura, if there wasn’t winter, then there would be no snow. Laura: Then I wish every day was a new season, Spring, then Summer, then Autumn, then Winter, then Spring, then Summer… Daniel: But Laura, if that happened, then the earth would be going around the…

Laura: What does intelligent mean? Daniel: It means impressive. Laura: What does impressive mean? Daniel: It means smart or clever.

Daniel: Mum, if you were in a forest and a fierce animal was chasing you, would you shoot it with a gun? Deb: What sort of animal? Daniel: I don’t know – a made-up animal, I suppose. Deb: Well, maybe I’d shoot it with a made-up gun. Daniel: What do you mean, a made-up gun?…

(after listening to a bit too much ABBA lately) Daniel: Mum, I wish you were a Dancing Queen!

(Getting into the car after school) Daniel: Mum… When you and Dad decided to not have anymore children, how did you stop having children? I mean, I know how you make babies, but how do you stop making babies? Deb: Well, I’ll tell you after you get into the car. (and she did, by the…