Parents Were Little Once Too
Written by Fred Rogers | © 1968, Fred M. Rogers
It's great for me to remember
As I put away my toys,
That mothers were all little girls one time
And fathers were all little boys.
My daddy seems so big right now.
He must have grown a lot.
Imagine how he felt one day
When he was just a tot.
My mother's not so big as Dad
But bigger than my sister.
I wonder if she ever had
A little fever blister.
Daddy didn't even have
A real electric fan.
He had to wait a long time, too
'Til he became a man.
My mother used an ironing board
And play irons that were colder.
She often wished for big folks' things
But she waited and got older.
So knives and plugs and hot things are
OK for Mom and Dad.
'Cause when they were a girl and boy
They played with what they had.
It's great for me to remember
As I put away my toys,
That mothers were all little girls one time
And fathers were all little boys.
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