and I’m the dad.

"Dear God, thank you for this food, and please don’t let us have any nightmares about it. Amen."

— Beth, age 4, after offering to pray before a dinner she was expecting to dislike

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Life on other planets

[Scene:	bedtime for Beth, age 4]
Beth:	"There's one more thing I want to pray about!"
Mom:	"Go ahead."
Beth:	[clasps hands, closes eyes] "Dear God, please tell me if there is life on other planets. Amen." [lies down]
Mom:	"That's interesting. Okay. Time to go to sleep."
Beth:	[sits up suddenly] "Wait! He just told me: there /is/ life on other planets!"
Me:	"Oh? Did he say which planets?"
Beth:	"No. We still have to figure that out."

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Praying

[Scene:	Beth, age 3, has been reading a child's version of the Bible with her mother]
Mom:	"This story talks about Jesus praying for God's help."
Beth:	"But I thought Jesus /was/ God."
Mom:	"In a way, yes."
Beth:	"So... is he just talking to himself?"

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Ask the blessing

[Scene:	Luke, age 5, sits down to dinner with us]
Me:	“Luke, would you ask the blessing?”
Luke:	[bowing head, holding hands] “Dear God, please don’t let this food make us sick. Amen.”

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