Children often ask the best, most insightful, and out-of-the-box questions. However, parents don’t always know how to answer them. So, they stand there, panicking slightly, urging their final braincell to think of something—anything!—to say.
#41
My daughter was staring out the window of the truck and said, “Daddy, how do animals know when they’re happy if they don’t have tails?”.
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#42
“Why didn’t the lady say sorry after she hurted me?”
My 3.5yo on the way home from the ER, after a lady drove into the playground and broke the fence, which hit my kid. That was a hard one.
My 3.5yo on the way home from the ER, after a lady drove into the playground and broke the fence, which hit my kid. That was a hard one.
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#43
I remember asking my mother if the world was black and white back in the day, because I had an old black and white tv at the time.
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#44
"I don't make you eat fish, why do you make me eat broccoli?"
F*****g got me.
F*****g got me.
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#45
“How does Santa Claus live forever?”
“He’s not mortal, he’s the emergent property of humanity’s kindness and generosity.”
“So if everyone stopped being nice to each other, would Santa d*e?”
“…Yes…”.
“He’s not mortal, he’s the emergent property of humanity’s kindness and generosity.”
“So if everyone stopped being nice to each other, would Santa d*e?”
“…Yes…”.
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#47
‘Mom, How do all those d**d people breathe underground.’ 5 solid minutes after passing a cemetery.
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#48
My son was unhappy about having to sleep in his bed. I told him it was his big boy bed and he needed to sleep in it. He replied that he WAS a big boy and that he still wanted to sleep in our (my wife and I) bed. He asked "Why do YOU get to sleep with mommy?!?" I had no good answer to that one at the time :-).
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#49
My son was 5. He asked why he had to sleep alone when the grown ups got to sleep in the same bed. He said he felt he got scared easier and dad wasnt scared of anything so in his head I should sleep with him to make him not scared. I didnt have a good reason...
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#50
When my younger son was 6, he asked me if God had teeth.
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#51
Most recently “what day are the cats going to d*e?”.
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#52
What is nothing? From an 8yo.
And the more we thought about, the more we knew nothing about nothing.
We had a friend explain one theory to him in a way that it was plausible explanation. As soon as my friend asked if they had any questions, they asked if they could go play outside.
And the more we thought about, the more we knew nothing about nothing.
We had a friend explain one theory to him in a way that it was plausible explanation. As soon as my friend asked if they had any questions, they asked if they could go play outside.
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#55
Why are words words like why is a lamp called a lamp, and how did we all decide that yea this noise we make is what we are going to use to say things?
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#58
"Dad, what's 'insurance'?"
I can't explain the concept of insurance to a 5 year old before I've even had coffee.
Edit: yes, it's simple enough to to explain with time to think about it. It's a little different at 6:20am when you haven't even woken up yet.
I can't explain the concept of insurance to a 5 year old before I've even had coffee.
Edit: yes, it's simple enough to to explain with time to think about it. It's a little different at 6:20am when you haven't even woken up yet.
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#59
My 5 year old son asked why they talk about sheep so much in church. That was very illuminating for me.
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#60
When I was in your tummy and I hatched out of that little egg, where did the shells go?
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