Kids' Views of Marriage and Relationships
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  HOW DO YOU DECIDE WHO TO MARRY?
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  "You got to find somebody who likes the same stuff.
  Like if you like
  sports, she should like it that you like sports, and
  she should  keep the
  chips and dip coming."
  Alan, age 10
 
  "No person really decides before they grow up who
  they're going to marry.
  God decides it all way before, and you get to find out
  later who you're stuck with."
  Kirsten, age 10
  WHAT IS THE RIGHT AGE TO GET MARRIED?
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  "Twenty-three is the best age because you know the
  person FOREVER by then."
  Camille, age 10

  "No age is good to get married at. You got to be a
  fool to get married."
  Freddie, age 6
 
  HOW CAN A STRANGER TELL IF TWO PEOPLE ARE MARRIED?
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  "Married people usually look happy to talk to other
  people."
  Eddie, 6

  "You might have to guess, based on whether they seem
  to be yelling at the same kids."
  Derrick, age 8
 
  WHAT DO YOU THINK YOUR MOM AND DAD HAVE IN COMMON?
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  "Both don't want no more kids."
  Lori, age 8
 
  WHAT DO MOST PEOPLE DO ON A DATE?
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  "Dates are for having fun, and people should use
  them to get to know each
  other. Even boys have something to say if you listen
  long enough.
  Lynnette, age 8.

  "On the first date, they just tell each other lies,
  and that usually gets
  them interested enough to go for a second date."
  Martin, age 10

  WHAT WOULD YOU DO ON A FIRST DATE THAT WAS TURNING SOUR?
 
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  "I'd run home and play dead. The next day I would
  call all the newspapers
  and make sure they wrote about me in all the dead
  columns."
  Craig, age 9
  WHEN IS IT OK TO KISS SOMEONE?
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  "When they're rich."
  Pam, age 7

  "The law says you have to be eighteen, so I wouldn't
  want to mess with that."
  Curt, age 7

  "The rule goes like this: if you kiss someone, then
  you should marry them
  and have kids with them. It's the right thing to do."
  Howard, age 8

  IS IT BETTER TO BE SINGLE OR MARRIED?
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  "It's better for girls to be single but not for
  boys. Boys need someone to
  clean up after them."
  Anita, 9

  "Single is better, for the simple reason that I
  wouldn't want to change no
  diapers. Of course, if I did get married, I'd just
  phone my mother and have
  her come over for some coffee and diaper-changing."
  Kirsten, age 10

  HOW WOULD THE WORLD BE DIFFERENT IF PEOPLE DIDN'T
  GET MARRIED?
 
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  "There sure would be a lot of kids to explain,
  wouldn't there?"
  Kelvin, age 8

  "You can be sure of one thing - the boys would come
  chasing after us  just
  the same as they do now."
  Roberta, age 7
 
  HOW WOULD YOU MAKE A MARRIAGE WORK?
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  "Tell your wife that she looks pretty even if she
  looks like a truck."
  Ricky, age 10

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