Wisdom from the mouths of babes...

Posted By Froggy

It's funny how parents and children begin to discuss complicated topics and funnier still how sometimes those children can crystallize a concept by using the most innocent of metaphors--a fairy tale.

Driving around this morning, my 5 year old daughter mentioned to me that "on a kid's show" she learned that honey bees and people both "go on migrations" after hearing the word immigration on the radio.  Sensing that she had been subtley spun by the producers of one of her favorite PBS "kid shows", I decided to take the opportunity to clarify her understanding.  I told her that it is true that people migrate, but that before they do so, they are supposed to ask permission.  I told her that many people in the world want to migrate to America because we live in the best country in the world, but some of them just come here without asking or receiving our permission first.  I was concerned that she was unable to comprehend this, but my fears were unfounded.

"Daddy," she said, "that's just like Goldilocks and the three bears." 

"Yes princess, it is just like that," I replied.  "Goldilocks went into the bear's house without asking, ate their porridge, slept in their beds, and left the house all messy." 

Which is in effect what illegal aliens do in America. 

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Wisdom from the mouths of babes...

It's funny how parents and children begin to discuss complicated topics and funnier still how sometimes those children can crystallize a concept by using the most innocent of metaphors--a fairy tale.

Driving around this morning, my 5 year old daughter mentioned to me that "on a kid's show" she learned that honey bees and people both "go on migrations" after hearing the word immigration on the radio.  Sensing that she had been subtley spun by the producers of one of her favorite PBS "kid shows", I decided to take the opportunity to clarify her understanding.  I told her that it is true that people migrate, but that before they do so, they are supposed to ask permission.  I told her that many people in the world want to migrate to America because we live in the best country in the world, but some of them just come here without asking or receiving our permission first.  I was concerned that she was unable to comprehend this, but my fears were unfounded.

"Daddy," she said, "that's just like Goldilocks and the three bears." 

"Yes princess, it is just like that," I replied.  "Goldilocks went into the bear's house without asking, ate their porridge, slept in their beds, and left the house all messy." 

Which is in effect what illegal aliens do in America. 

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