{"id":414,"date":"2003-12-06T22:21:00","date_gmt":"2003-12-06T22:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/adrianwarnock.com\/2003\/12\/from-the-mouths-of-babes-and-infants\/"},"modified":"2003-12-06T22:21:00","modified_gmt":"2003-12-06T22:21:00","slug":"from-the-mouths-of-babes-and-infants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/adrianwarnock\/2003\/12\/from-the-mouths-of-babes-and-infants\/","title":{"rendered":"From the mouths of babes and infants&#8230;.."},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p>\u201cNever trust a dog to watch your food\u201d Patrick, age 10<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen your dad is mad and asks you, \u2018Do I look stupid?\u2019 don\u2019t answer\u201d Hannah, 9<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNever tell your mom her diet\u2019s not working\u201d Michael, 14<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen your mom is mad at your dad, don\u2019t let her brush your hair\u201d  Taylia,&gt;10<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPuppies still have bad breath even after eating a Tic-Tac\u201d * Andrew, 9<br>\n<br>\u201cNever hold a dustbuster and a cat at the same time\u201d * Kyoyo, 9<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou can\u2019t hide a piece of broccoli in a glass of milk\u201d * Armir, 9<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDon\u2019t wear polka-dot underwear under white shorts\u201d * Kellie, 11<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you want a kitten, start out by asking for a horse\u201d * Naomi, 15<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFelt markers are not good to use as lipstick\u201d * Lauren, 9<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDon\u2019t pick on your sister when she\u2019s holding a baseball bat\u201d * Joel,10<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen you get a bad grade in school, show it to your mom when she\u2019s on the phone\u201d Alyesha, 13<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNever try to baptize a cat\u201d Eileen, 8<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cNever trust a dog to watch your food\u201d Patrick, age 10 \u201cWhen your dad is mad and asks you, \u2018Do I look stupid?\u2019 don\u2019t answer\u201d Hannah, 9 \u201cNever tell your mom her diet\u2019s not working\u201d Michael, 14 \u201cWhen your mom is mad at your dad, don\u2019t let her brush your hair\u201d Taylia,&gt;10 \u201cPuppies still have [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1268,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[106],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-414","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-personal"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>From the mouths of babes and infants.....<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"&quot;Never trust a dog to watch your food&quot; 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