What is Love by a 6 yr old

[u/ponder2000]

[u/Rickyspanish33]

The funny part is that some adult wrote this pretending to be a 6 year old girl

[u/SandersLurker → u/Rickyspanish33]

lol, on the money

[u/eyekunt → u/SandersLurker]

on my booty

[u/BunnyBunBunHoney → u/eyekunt]

😳

[u/NotASoldier2020 → u/Rickyspanish33]

Love is when you got caught pretending to be a 6 years old on the internet, but you’re not afraid of being exposed because you know your friends will still love you even though you got caught pretending to be a 6 years old on the internet.

[u/Glendrix90 → u/NotASoldier2020]

Damn, that was beautiful! :')

[u/cycycle → u/NotASoldier2020]

Deep

[u/Orangelemonorange → u/NotASoldier2020]

So profound! I teared up when my 3 month old came up to me and told me that!

[u/itsallinthebag → u/Rickyspanish33]

Seriously did they even research 6 yr old handwriting or development? This would be more believable if it said 10 yr old and even that’s a stretch because of the syntax and shit

[u/A2Rhombus → u/itsallinthebag]

Also since when has a six year old ever cared about specifying that they are in fact 6 on their work

[u/MadKingSuibhne77 → u/itsallinthebag]

6 year old girls can be scary co-ordinated and articulate.

Source: parent

My daughter's hand-writing was better when she was six than it is now she's a teen

[u/Snowrabbit_ → u/itsallinthebag]

Umm I'm genuinely curious - reading this thread makes me feel like an alien, as I kept my workbooks and essays from Grade 1 and I believed my handwriting was definitely better at primary school, maybe not at 6 but certainly as a 9 or 10 yr old I had prettier handwriting than my adult self. Also I was amazed by how literate and imaginative my compositions at age 6 was - I remembered writing a 6-page long composition about imagining myself as an inventor. Quite childish but I was still impressed as an adult lol. But my first language isn't English and maybe it's something to do with different education systems? Or maybe because I'm Asian...XD. Also people do comment that I'm smarter than most of the other kids, so I guess with everything combined my experience isn't that typical, but I'm really curious about what others experience at these ages, and would love to hear from different people.

[u/itsallinthebag → u/Snowrabbit_]

Nah you’re right. Now that you’ve got me thinking, I have a “short story” I wrote at ten and it was pretty good, but I always had a knack for writing. Penmanship though, I’d still peg this at 10.. and there’s still something mature about the grammar and diction of this.

[u/Ok_Pipe_4121 → u/Snowrabbit_]

Did you copy and paste this??? Cringe

[u/SuccessfulBoner → u/Snowrabbit_]

Probably because you’re Chinese.

[u/Snowrabbit_ → u/SuccessfulBoner]

Sorry to see you downvoted... I do wonder if being Chinese (or Asian in general) has anything to do with this, as early education is definitely more intense and at a faster pace. That being said I'm not backing it up though. It leads to wayyyyyyy too much stress.

[u/formar42 → u/Rickyspanish33]

I think that just about explains 90% of what we see on popular reddit subs.

[u/Dramatic_Spirit_128 → u/Rickyspanish33]

My 6 year old can write, but it’s barely legible. You nailed it!

[u/TheBaconSpaceman → u/Rickyspanish33]

yeah i legitimately have worse handwriting than this

[u/GrandmasHere → u/Rickyspanish33]

Exactly. My 6-year-old granddaughter is very smart, but she couldn’t begin to do this on her own.

[u/ManiacalMalapert → u/Rickyspanish33]

I was gonna say. The you're/your usage is exceptional.

[u/ripyourlungsdave → u/Rickyspanish33]

Yeah, I've never met a six-year-old that can write that cleanly. Not to mention writing in metaphors.

[u/BlueOysterCultist → u/Rickyspanish33]

"Oh fuck off Rebecca he did not say that"

[u/JapaneseStudentHaru → u/Rickyspanish33]

It might be a teacher who wrote it. I remember being in kindergarten and not being able to write legibly or spell and my teacher would take down my ramblings for parent appreciation day and stuff like that. This was probably for valentines and the kids said something about how their friends don’t laugh at them for having missing teeth.

[u/Azurity → u/Rickyspanish33]

Every time it’s a picture of a piece of paper, this warning pops into my head.

Similarly with a completely boring picture of some random person, with an “inspiring story” about this nameless person written in mematic font plastered over 80% of the image. No, I somehow have doubts that this soldier killed 29 Nazis in a schoolhouse on Christmas Eve after doing a show-and-tell of a drawing his gf made that taught him the value of meaning’s purpose.

[u/BillyHoyle96 → u/Rickyspanish33]

My 6 year old definitely cannot write coherent words or sentences.

[u/uniquely_bleak_sheep → u/Rickyspanish33]

Lots of parents help their kids write homework assignments like this while the kid narrates, possible that was the case here considering the grammar looks good

[u/imatworksoshhh → u/uniquely_bleak_sheep]

What's the point of this? Wouldn't you want your kid to practice writing?

I know I'm not going to be writing my son's homework for him, I'll help find answers but he needs to learn how good penmanship and that doesn't happen when you do it for them...

[u/uniquely_bleak_sheep → u/imatworksoshhh]

I’m a teacher and can attest to the fact that many parents do this to make their kids look better/smarter

[u/Cressie23 → u/imatworksoshhh]

It’s definitely important to practice penmanship! But there’s a lot of skills that go into writing, not just handwriting! If a student struggles with handwriting, then they are much less motivated to practice the other (sometimes more important IMO) skills, like creative thought/idea formation, sentence structure, what order to tell things in, etc.

Many elementary schools have separate times dedicated to writing and handwriting. So they get to practice handwriting without having to think about all the extra above skills! Then during writing time, a (good) teacher would decide what kids can handle the actual writing on their own while practicing the other skills, and which kids may need some support! This could look like teacher writing for them completely, teacher writing on a separate piece of paper and having the student copy, or teacher writing in yellow ink and having the student trace!

Not sure why I decided to go off on this tangent, but just wanted to say there is in fact a point to it!

ETA: not saying this is necessarily the case here, just that there is a time and place for the child dictating and adult writing for them!

[u/danmalek466]

That 6yo has better handwriting than adult me…

[u/Marik-X-Bakura → u/danmalek466]

And perfectly knows the difference between “your” and “you’re”. Almost makes you think this was written by an adult pretending to be a child…

[u/rpgguy_1o1 → u/Marik-X-Bakura]

I can remember my mom had some stuff of mine from kindergarten that were my words but written out by my kindergarten teacher. It even looked like this, with my first name and last initial with my age.

That being said, they wrote out what I said verbatim, and it wasn't nearly as articulate as this note because I was 4-5.

[u/DaddyKoolAid → u/Marik-X-Bakura]

It’s almost as if a teacher or parent helped make sure the spelling was correct on earlier drafts before the child wrote out the final copy neatly…

I used to teach this age group, and now have children around this age. They would regularly produce stories with the correct homophones because we spotted the mistakes on the early drafts, or simply because they asked. Long before they knew the correct ones to use they knew there are different ones to ask about.

Reddit really underestimates how much young children can achieve with a little bit of adult guidance in my experience.

Edit: In the UK you are taught the your/you’re difference around age 6, and how to spell them both around age 8. My six year old could spell ‘your shoes’ and knew that it was a different one they couldn’t spell in ‘you’re smelly’. My nine year old knew the difference.

Edit 2: I wonder if most of the people downvoting this have as much experience with this age group as I do.

[u/AnnieAnnieSheltoe → u/DaddyKoolAid]

And they have handwriting like this?

[u/DaddyKoolAid → u/AnnieAnnieSheltoe]

Some do, definitely.

A lot of children will have been writing for a few years by this point. The more careful ones will often have handwriting this good, or even better, when they want to write things out specially. It will take them ages, though.

[u/ponder2000 → u/danmalek466]

Her handwriting shows she won't gonna be a doctor

[u/jacobsnemesis → u/ponder2000]

Shows she’s not 6 years old as well

[u/FungalToe → u/jacobsnemesis]

I think kids might have the nicest writing since It's everything they have to care about. You don't care as much later in your life when you have to speedrun writing a whole essay in one lecture.

[u/Xenri → u/FungalToe]

6 year old still have very little understanding of spacing, spelling, and scale. No way a 6 year old wrote this.

[u/SatisfactionMore9664 → u/jacobsnemesis]

Seen plenty of handwriting from 6 year olds as good as this. Or better. Or worse.

[u/Ogris → u/SatisfactionMore9664]

Kids start learning how to write at this age. Exceptionally talented kids could do this at age 11, but eloquence is a bigger issue. Kids at 6 can rarely even write sentences properly.

This isn't even remotely a child writing, it's an adult.

[u/SatisfactionMore9664 → u/Ogris]

Jesus fucking Christ, what ass-backward country do you live in where you only start teaching your kids to write at 6?

Edit: I’ll agree on the grammar, sentence structure and eloquence, I’m talking here about handwriting.

[u/Pinochlelover99 → u/SatisfactionMore9664]

Yeah you obviously don’t have a six year old and haven’t been around six year olds. Lol

[u/Kalevra9670 → u/ponder2000]

Your grammar shows you won't be an English teacher. lol

[u/Bone_Donor → u/Kalevra9670]

She won’t gonna ain’t be

[u/aerkyanite → u/Bone_Donor]

Wouldn'test

[u/drottkvaett → u/Bone_Donor]

Yup, and they ain’t never gonna did

[u/OfferChakon → u/ponder2000]

Also shows she won't isn't a six years old also too

[u/Ogris → u/ponder2000]

Yeah, because you wrote it. If you even had a kid you'd know full well their handwriting doesn't look even remotely like this.

[u/Red_Hat_Guy → u/danmalek466]

Same

[u/Shivdaddy1]

This is not from a 6 year old.

[u/Ensirius → u/Shivdaddy1]

But it says it right there in the title.

[u/Kablaaw → u/Ensirius]

And people don't lie because lying is bad

[u/epicurious_aussie → u/Kablaaw]

…and why would someone on the internet ever lie?

[u/folded_boner → u/epicurious_aussie]

I fell down. The stairs

[u/MrSquidward1 → u/folded_boner]

sorry for y😢

[u/tjc20207 → u/MrSquidward1]

Don't feel sorry he fell up the stairs.

[u/MrSquidward1 → u/tjc20207]

fal😢

[u/on_dy → u/tjc20207]

Congratulations

[u/ImInSpainButWithNo-S → u/epicurious_aussie]

“You really think someone would do that? Just go on the internet and tell lies?”

-Buster Baxter

[u/TammyShehole → u/Shivdaddy1]

Maybe it originally said 16 but someone photoshopped the 1 out.

[u/Kaamelott → u/Shivdaddy1]

If it had said 8-9 I would have 100% believed it.

[u/Cheetahboy3000]

No 6yo wrote this bruh

[u/prog_d0nkey → u/Cheetahboy3000]

Why would someone put their age next to the name

[u/CosineOverSine → u/prog_d0nkey]

Definitely an odd thing to do

-CosineOverSine, age 30

[u/dmatthews2981 → u/CosineOverSine]

Well no need to go on a ^inverse tangent

[u/solowinniuck → u/dmatthews2981]

You motherfucker

[u/shyjenny → u/prog_d0nkey]

New organizations do this all the time
"Person, aged 52, reported downed tree limbs from the storm winds"

[u/TheMagicalLlama → u/prog_d0nkey]

You ever seen a 6 year old? They’re constantly telling people their age. The handwriting is the evidence against….and even then it’s kinda obvious an adult was writing this for her, maybe if we’re not being cynical, an adult is helping her transcribe her thoughts and pushing her along a thought process to come up with this.

It’s 100% possible lmao, because unlike what Reddit thinks, parents don’t post this stuff because “hahaha pathetic loser, my kid is a genius and gonna be the next Einstein, gaze on his work”. They do it to get their kid exposed to higher level thinking and post it because it’s cute.

[u/ItsPandy → u/TheMagicalLlama]

No it's definetly the first one.

[u/3q049ug4yap8463yhn → u/TheMagicalLlama]

I don't know why you're being downvoted. It's absolutely possible a 6 year old wrote this - unlikely - but possible. My 5 year old can write his letters almost as well. As you said, what's clear is that an adult was most definitely assisting with what to write.

[u/TheMagicalLlama → u/3q049ug4yap8463yhn]

Lmao maybe cuz I’m being a bit of a dick and insulting Reddit as a whole, but idc really, cuz this kid bashing has gotten honestly ludicrous. Every mom is not a Karen, every dad is not a beleaguered tired shell of a man waiting for divorce to lose half his money, and every kid is not a snot nosed brat who kicks ur seat in an airplane for 8 hours. It’s gotten to the point I think these dudes are just teenagers mad cuz they’re grounded

[u/3q049ug4yap8463yhn → u/TheMagicalLlama]

I HAVE heard that Reddit doesn't like when you insult them. People have very sensitive feelings here. Much like 6 year olds, actually... weird.

[u/Kahandran → u/3q049ug4yap8463yhn]

Farts you guys are onto us I'm taking my juicebox and dipping

[u/3q049ug4yap8463yhn → u/Kahandran]

I'm telling!

[u/DaddyKoolAid → u/Cheetahboy3000]

Having children around that age and having previously taught as well, I can totally see it as possible.

The handwriting is definitely doable for some six year olds, and teachers and parents often work with their children to help develop and refine their work before they write it out neatly.

Reddit massively underestimates how capable children are. Some of the metaphors and similes used by children in their poetry from age 5 and up have been shockingly beautiful and insightful.

[u/JapaneseStudentHaru → u/DaddyKoolAid]

I teach that age group. Fine motor skills are pretty iffy for most of the kids. t’s possible if they took a lot of time making their handwriting pretty. It looks like this has been through several rough drafts where the teacher helped fix the grammar, articulate the message, and had the kids write slowly and neatly for the final copy. This usually happens with stuff given to parents.

[u/DaddyKoolAid → u/JapaneseStudentHaru]

Yeah - this clearly isn’t everyday stuff, but is definitely doable for something special like gifts to parents or entering a competition.

Also it depends a lot on the child. One of mine wrote neater than this at a younger age. Another is years older than this and still nowhere close.

[u/Bergrugu99]

Nah just stfu, we all know no 6 yr old kid has written this

[u/Frogis03 → u/Bergrugu99]

Yea my friends 6 ye old brother just started school and don’t even know how to read

[u/OhLookASquirrel]

Baby don't hurt me

[u/NeuronVomit → u/OhLookASquirrel]

Don't hurt me. ♫

[u/baldHeadSpaceRider → u/NeuronVomit]

No more.

[u/Ill_Web995 → u/baldHeadSpaceRider]

Woah woah woahewoahewww woahewoaheww oh woaaaaaahoohhhhh

[u/zoepertom → u/Ill_Web995]

Tuntuntun tunetuntuntun tenetuntuntun tunetuntuntun

[u/I_make_things → u/zoepertom]

No, I don't know why you're not fair

I give you my love, but you don't care

[u/snookerpro33 → u/NeuronVomit]

No more 🎵

[u/LettieTack → u/OhLookASquirrel]

Im crying baby. This is the greatest love. When a person will choose you even he/she have seen all your imperfection. There is no perfect person in this earth so dont be afraid to show who you really are because the true people will love you no matter what happen.

[u/Capsai-Sins → u/OhLookASquirrel]

This and the missing teeth part makes it 20 times creepier

[u/fatherfrank1 → u/OhLookASquirrel]

Baby teeth don't hurt me

[u/jacobsnemesis]

Yeah, that’s not written by a 6 year old tho

[u/aquabarron]

Sincerely,

Emma’s mom

[u/hoodmuncherz → u/aquabarron]

But the fact that they tried to make it llook like the kid wrote it. It's obviously a really nice quote.

[u/mofoTom]

Fuck off Rebecca

[u/theliability10]

No way a 6 year old had that good of hand writing.

[u/theonetheycalljason]

This 6 year old must be extremely gifted. Not only the handwriting, but also the spelling and overall composition is well beyond any other 6 year olds writing I’ve ever seen.

[u/prog_d0nkey → u/theonetheycalljason]

kinda sus ngl

[u/OfTheseTimes → u/theonetheycalljason]

Maybe an adult wrote it out for a 6 year old?

[u/DaddyKoolAid → u/theonetheycalljason]

The handwriting is definitely doable for some six year olds, and teachers and parents often work with their children to help develop and refine their work before they write it out neatly.

Having seen the quality of poetry that some children around this age are capable of, I can totally believe that this was done by a child with some adult guidance to help crystallise it. In my experience young children can be remarkably insightful and capable, and Reddit is often too cynical to appreciate that.

Source: Former teacher and current parent of children approximately this age.

[u/TabbyKatty → u/DaddyKoolAid]

I love your optimism, please don't lose that

[u/QuadrangularNipples → u/DaddyKoolAid]

I don't.

[u/SuccessfulBoner → u/DaddyKoolAid]

Yeah bro stfu it makes me feel better about myself if a grown ass women wrote it.

[u/uncommonslime]

Yeah, no child wrote this. Pure karma bait lol

[u/bluray-gaming]

Wow having friends sounds sick.

[u/Literally9thAngel]

MY NEWBORN JUST ANALYZED THE ENTIRE EVANGELION LORE AND DECIPHERED EVERY LITTLE DETAIL TO KNIT A LOVING STORY, YES ITS A REAL CHILD

[u/riedmae]

A 6 year old has that penmanship and correctly uses 'you' contractions?? Yeah....no chance in hell.

[u/seanyseanerson]

The definition of love can't have the word love in it. 1/10 circular definitions are shit. Try again.

[u/pleaseworkforme]

I have a 6 year old… I call absolutely BS based on the handwriting alone. Love the sentiment, though.

[u/jabsam_]

Kinda hard to believe this was done by a 6yr old, but made my heart melt anyway.

[u/WankieTankie]

If that's actually a 6 year olds have writing, I'll eat my fucken shoes

[u/YaBoiCheBonkus]

Oh fuck off Karen your 6 year old did not say that

[u/Negative_Mancey]

Today in: Shit that didn't happen

[u/Competitive_Ad2109]

Buuuuuullshit that it's by a 6yo. This is cringe.

[u/Ok-Crab-6306]

Bruh when I was 6 I legit could barely read or write 😐

[u/Puzzleheaded_Bed_360]

Maybe the teachers asked each student for a project and they wrote it down on their behalf!!! Regardless it is a beautiful way to look at love

[u/TheGrot → u/Puzzleheaded_Bed_360]

How dare you have any sort of critical thinking!

[u/Junipero96]

Yea sure why not

[u/KingOfSbeve]

More like "make fun of"

[u/itsYourPlug]

Fuck off Rebecca she didn't

[u/AliCat_82]

Definitely not 6. My 6 year old is advanced but this looks like my 15 year old writing

[u/kiiada]

My dad did something like this when he was in elementary school and wrote “Love is marriage” and now it’s framed on my parents bedroom wall. Always thought that was cute

[u/Sea_Panic9863]

Am I ever gonna be able to read that phrase without automatically adding" baby don't hurt me" at the end..?

[u/stirling_s]

This was written by an adult in their non-dominant hand

[u/yukonhoneybadger]

I asked my daughter what love was when she was four. She said love doesn't need batteries. She was wise beyond her years.

[u/Ande64]

If that isn't the best definition of love I don't know what is!

[u/pnandgillybean]

A child didn’t write this but I do like it

[u/StillSyper]

Shes 6 and has better handwriting than me. Cant be real

[u/Dittodubs]

This kid letter is like 230× better than any doctor

[u/Lena_1995]

If you told me a ten year old wrote this, I would've somewhat believed you. But a six yr old? No, a six yr old did not write this.

I've worked with kids and they can say some darn and emotional and meaningful things sometimes(One girl asked me once "Can babies feel mommy's pain her tummy?" and then went back to colouring her Dora picture, I want kinda silent by it)but they are also kids and most of the time they don't really know why they are asking such deep things.And if they do, they already have a concept of understanding about the subject.But writing wise, only if you write it for them. Six year old don't have such a neat penmanship

[u/Chip-San]

What is love?

Baby don’t hurt me, don’t hurt me, no more

[u/iTAYLOR531]

Shits deep bro.

[u/Miserable_Command_29]

No way a 6yo wrote that lmao.

[u/Holooffline]

Totally written by a 6 year old

[u/Eadw7cer]

Rebecca?

[u/maciekozi]

Some good handwriting for a 6 yo

[u/LoveHotelCondom]

It's so sweet that a 38 year old mother wrote this and passed it off as her 6 year old's work to fool people on the internet.

[u/BanditPrime → u/LoveHotelCondom]

Is there not also a world where a 6 year old said it and then an adult wrote it for them to make sure the spelling and grammar is correct. Because teachers or parents writing it for the kids so they can see what’s correct is super common and encouraged. Also since the title says by a 6 year old. So they’re not even trying to say it was written by them.

But I guess sure we can just assume the super negative thing instead. The world needs more negativity after all.

[u/mana-addict4652]

lmao op what is this cringe shit

this is not a 6 year olds handwriting who tf adds their age next to their name

what a muppet

[u/Obiwan_kenowobi]

There is no way a 6 year old wrote this shit.

[u/[deleted]]

This is either a 6 year old girl that will be a future novelist or a 36 year old mom trying to live vicariously though her kid's achievements.

[u/crustybuttjerry]

Sorry but the parent 100% wrote this

[u/Callieach]

As a mother to 5 kids, there's no way a 6 year wrote this.

[u/yogaman421]

No 6 y.o. has handwriting as clean as that

[u/bear_bear-]

A 6 year old has better grammar and spelling than most people. Good for her

[u/SandersLurker → u/bear_bear-]

I have a bridge to sell you, btw.

[u/wonkey_monkey → u/SandersLurker]

Unless it was built by a six-year-old I'm not interested.

[u/mothmanskateboard]

I hope the little girl wrote it. It’s very sweet. She got it right.

[u/TobySchoon]

i hate kids but that was cute

[u/Pinochlelover99]

If that’s a six year older writing - my kids have some serious issues writing . And they are above grade level for reading and math.

[u/broomshed]

Baby don’t hurt me

[u/koulnis]

People complaining in this thread that this isn't written by a 6 year old would also believe someone like Alma Deutscher wasn't capable of writing compositions, and would chalk it up as being someone else without video evidence.

Reddit, the source of /r/nothingeverhappens

[u/Tuuxxedoo]

I don't belive a 6 year old couldn't write like this, but the thing itself is still cute.

[u/69___________]

Omg that is so cute

[u/JohnnySalamiSmuggler]

So nobody else had parents that transcribed their words for them because their handwriting was illegible?

I can believe that a 6 year old could create something this beautiful, but I would also assume their mother or father assisted them with the structure and the handwriting.

[u/Brippin-Talls]

Great hand writing. Fucking sad ass adult wrote it.

[u/PsonLorenz]

Wow! That is amazing!!

[u/curlyloca]

That 6 YO has the best penmanship ever

[u/murb442]

Damn, that's deep. At 6 pretty sure I was eating books

[u/DeceasedWaffle8]

Love how the 6 year old has better handwriting than I do

[u/CountyMindless5229]

This is cute!

[u/knottedrope → u/[deleted]]

Absolutel morons indeed!

[u/ADMINlSTRAT0R]

What is Love by a 56 yr old

[u/theliability10 → u/ADMINlSTRAT0R]

Fixed it!

[u/ADMINlSTRAT0R → u/theliability10]

Added youtube link to it!

[u/EquallyObese]

Imagine using the word you are trying to define in the definition. Critical error F fail bad kid

[u/iamtherammer]

I don't know why you're not there I give you my love, but you don't care So what is right? And what is wrong? Gimme a sign

What is love?

[u/daFaiLinGMoUsE_00]

Ngl i expected ‘baby dont hurt me’

[u/Yossarian287]

Emma is quite the speller at age 6. Those contractions are spot on

[u/annul]

didnt happen. what first grader puts their age on their assignments?

[u/lipsticktovoid]

Why mention that you are 6 years old? Probably because the kid has an adult soul.

[u/Bamce]

Love is a dagger

[u/23seconds]

Where did you find this? I need to know.

[u/Zwolfer]

No way a 6 year old wrote this

[u/The_Spin_Wizard]

This definition is invalid. The word "love" is used to define itself.

[u/Arxl]

It's less about what is written as a whole, that makes me doubt a 6 y/o wrote this, but rather, the consistent correct use of your and you're.

[u/SeSSioN117]

But what if it was written by their inner child?

[u/Bitemyshinymetal-axe]

disappointed the answer wasn't just 'baby, don't hurt me'