A few days ago I asked my older brothers (one lives in Vernon, the other in Uppsala, Sweden) to ask their young children their thoughts on the best way to get better when one is sick. This is John's email back to me.
Here come some answers but I don't really think that they are the ones you're hoping for.
Those "out-of-the-mouths-of-babes" moments are difficult to order.
So here is how it transpired. I tried to talk to Olivia (6) alone but it didn't work so I decided to ask all three kids at once while we were eating dinner. Stina was working late so it was just the four of us.
When I asked 'what is the best way to get better', Max (9) knew right away why I was asking because he had been in and read your e-mail. So I explained to the other two why I was asking which was ok, but we were already far away from spontaneity. So Livy said "drink medicine" and Max said "eat lots of easy food — like apples and bananas." Isak (4) said "drink lots of water".
You see their reality is when you are really sick - you've got the stomach flu or a fever. Then Max said "well you should rest in peace". I think he picked up on the look on my face because he then went on to say that it wasn't that kind of rest in peace but to have peace and quite while resting.
After that the subject was simply exhausted and I could no longer extract anything more.
Hope that this helps in someway,
John
(And tell Charl to eat some easy food).
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