Just for fun -- questions your preschooler has asked you that you haven't been able to answer

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:“What is all that in between baby brother’s leg?”

- DD who is closed to 4 years old.

I said it’s his boy part, but she’s not satisfied with this answer.

Tell her its his penis and scrotum.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:“What is all that in between baby brother’s leg?”

- DD who is closed to 4 years old.

I said it’s his boy part, but she’s not satisfied with this answer.

Tell her its his penis and scrotum.

+1. I thought we were finally over this ridiculousness.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:“What is all that in between baby brother’s leg?”

- DD who is closed to 4 years old.

I said it’s his boy part, but she’s not satisfied with this answer.

The appropriate answer is "That is his penis." Geez!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My newly 4 year old is fixated on death. She keeps asking if things are dead. Yesterday: mommy is that rock dead?
No
Did it used to be dead?
No
Is it gonna get dead?
No
Why not?
Well it’s not alive.
Why not?

Trying to discuss sentience with her is above my grade philosophy...

Same. I blame Disney movies. I’ve also said oh the batteries are dead, that did not help.

[Anonymous]

A random child this age approached my mother at the oe3chard this fall and asked about adoption, adopted kids and parents, etc, and if they'd ever be back for her.

Yup.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:"Do you even know what is true?"

How old? You may have a hard time with a child this saavy!

[Anonymous]

DS (4) keeps asking me how old he was when he sees old photos from before he was born. And then he wants to know where he was when I tell him he wasn’t born yet.

He also keeps asking questions about the moon like why it looks like it is following us when we drive.

[Anonymous]

"Do you even know what is true?"


How old? You may have a hard time with a child this saavy!

He's 4. I usually try to come up with age-appropriate responses to his questions (or consult Google), but this one really stumped me.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My newly 4 year old is fixated on death. She keeps asking if things are dead. Yesterday: mommy is that rock dead?
No
Did it used to be dead?
No
Is it gonna get dead?
No
Why not?
Well it’s not alive.
Why not?

Trying to discuss sentience with her is above my grade philosophy...

SO IS MINE. She turns 4 in January. Just this week we have gotten:

"Mommy, can I have your clothes when you die?"
"Mommy, when you die I am going to set up Hannukah decorations for [little sister]."
"Mommy, will I ever have a baby in my tummy that dies?"

Help.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My newly 4 year old is fixated on death. She keeps asking if things are dead. Yesterday: mommy is that rock dead?
No
Did it used to be dead?
No
Is it gonna get dead?
No
Why not?
Well it’s not alive.
Why not?

Trying to discuss sentience with her is above my grade philosophy...

Same. I blame Disney movies. I’ve also said oh the batteries are dead, that did not help.

When DS was little, he came to me with a remote to a toy that wasn’t working and asked me to fix it. Then he suggested that it wasn’t working because the batteries had passed away. We had recently taken the kids to a small funeral and used the term “passed away” and explained polite ways to discuss death beforehand. I think we overshot that one.

[Anonymous]

I love that kids don’t just accept everything the way that adults do. Why *does* Santa arrive on a truck???

What always stumps me is science questions. It’s so embarrassing but the answers to things like “how does a solar eclipse happen” and “how do airplanes fly” are things I learned at some point but have since forgotten.

[Anonymous]

My 4.5 year old..."why do some words have letters that we see, but don't say?"

Eh, the English language is crazy, kid.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DS (4) keeps asking me how old he was when he sees old photos from before he was born. And then he wants to know where he was when I tell him he wasn’t born yet.

He also keeps asking questions about the moon like why it looks like it is following us when we drive.

Mine ask about this too! I'm the PP from above with the kid obsessed with death. Our wedding picture is hanging in the living room, and she keeps asking if she's in my tummy in that picture. I started to say well you were in my tummy as an egg, but then she's going to think women lay eggs and I'm just not ready to go there...

[Anonymous]

Is this world going to end one day?

Asked after he heard someone say “it’s just a little spill, it’s not the end of the world.”