Whose Child Is This? Author Unknown "Whose Child is this?" I asked one day Seeing a little one out at play "Mine", said the parent with a tender smile "Mine to keep a little while To bathe her hands and comb her hair To tell her what to wear To prepare her that she may always be good And each day do the things she should" "Whose child is this?" I asked again As the door opened and someone came in "Mine", said the teacher with the same tender smile "Mine, to keep just a little while To teach her how to be gentle and kind To train and direct her dear little mind To help her live by every rule And get the best she can from school" "Whose child is this?" I ask once more Just as the little one entered the door "Ours" said the parent and the teacher as they smiled And each took the hand of the little child "Ours to love and train together Ours this blessed task forever." | 
Whose Child Is This?Author Unknown"Whose Child is this?" I asked one daySeeing a little one out at play"Mine", said the parent with a tender smile"Mine to keep a little whileTo bathe her hands and comb her hairTo tell her what to wearTo prepare her that she may always be goodAnd each day do the things she should""Whose child is this?" I asked againAs the door opened and someone came in"Mine", said the teacher with the same tender smile"Mine, to keep just a little whileTo teach her how to be gentle and kindTo train and direct her dear little mindTo help her live by every ruleAnd get the best she can from school""Whose child is this?" I ask once moreJust as the little one entered the door"Ours" said the parent and the teacher as they smiledAnd each took the hand of the little child"Ours to love and train togetherOurs this blessed task forever."
