How do you cope with children WHY questions?

Try to explain to me in a storyway if they ask you a really extreme question.

Very apt topic to discuss about. Right, as the baby starts growing he/she is surrounded by a lot of curiosity and starts asking what and why? As a father I have I am still going theough this phase. My son who is just 6.11 years old has so many whys and hows. He has already asked several times how a child is born. I have not got yet how shall I explain him about that. I can not say children are god's gift either. Even if I tell him so he would ask how. And I have to try to deviate his attention. But I know as far as possible we should explain them in the most suitable way.

I am dealing with this stage currently with my oldest child. She will be 4 in April, and EVERYTHING is why. Sometimes, its annoying, especially when you just answered the first question and then its WHY about your answer and WHY about the next answer. There are a lot of times I just tune it out.....IDK if that makes me a bad mother or not, but sometimes you just have to. And, sometimes, you have to change the subject or divert their attention when they ask questions with no answers, or with answers you dont know.

my first daughter didn't ask why. She sits back and watches what goes on. My second daughter however who is 20 months old ask why often. If I have an answer for her I will tell her but if not I will say b/c I said so. Then tickle her. My oldest is starting to ask more questions which I think is great but she never did that why why why. It doesn't annoy me b/c how else will they learn if we don't answer their questions even if they keep asking it. Just talk to your kids alot about everything even when he/she is first born. They like the sound of your voice.

I have never felt annoyed when my children asked me questions. I am always glad that they are asking me the question instead of asking other people who might share them misleading answers. If your kid will begin to ask it means he is beginning to try to understand things. I always think of the simplest way to be able to let them understand this way they can grasp it and not raise another question. I think they asked you more when you explain them in your own terms that they can't be able to understand yet. Good luck to your new baby.;-)

We have to be very honest with childre. If we do not have a answer to the question raised by them, then it would be far better to say that we do not know instead of to lie. If we lie to our children and later the child comes to know of it, then the child will never trust us in the future.

i don't have a child yet at the moment... but i teach sunday schools for more than ten years already and i know that children ask lots of why questions... the way i handle it is if i have the answer, then i will answer the questions... if i don't, then i will tell the children honestly that i don't know and i will do more research on the topics and get back to them... otherwise, switch the subjects... take care and have a nice day...

When my younger brother was going through this phase I was 17, and I coped much better than my parents did! They used to get extremely wound up about him, but I just told him the answers he wanted! I told him why I said what I said, and why I said the next thing, and why I said the thing after. Children are exploring the world, and they need to know 'why'. If we think about everything we know now, a four year old wouldn't have that knowledge, and they have to get it from somewhere.

Though it might be somewhat annoying, that's how they learn and try to put the universe together. I remember my daughters asking why to every answer I gave. No answer I gave ever ended the discussion. There was always another why. I wonder if they keep asking these questions just so that we keep speaking to them? Also I had to always tell them a story before going to sleep. They are now 37 and 33. Life goes by fast. Take the time to cherish every moment with your baby. Be imaginative in answering their constant whys. The bond and closeness will last a lifetime. Enjoy your new baby!

Of course it can be annoying at times, especially when you are really busy doing something. With m kids, I just do my best to give them a simple, honest answer. If I do not know the answer, we look it up. If it is a silly WHY question, I would ask them a silly question back and they would normally forget about it.

When they are little and start the asking Why about everything. Keep it simple. Give them little answers, that they can understand and don't really expect them to remember all of them. The questions will come up again. This is part of being a parent. You do the best you can. If your baby isn't due until may you have alot of time to ponder this and ask other new parents of children that are old enough to ask why. This isn't something you are going to have to deal with right away believe me. It is not annoying unless you let it be. You are helping your child to learn. Asking why is a good thing. They have interests and they want answers. Just remember to keep it simple at first.

I think it is a very cute stage. I tried to answer every why and when I couldn't I told them honestly that I didn't know. It is a very important time when they are developing nnot only basic knowledge but also personality. By being patient,it will teach them how to be patient too. You can have fun with this stage. I loved talking to my little ones.

This is a great discussion! I will say it really annoys my in-laws. However, I can't say I'm that annoyed by it though it does get busy. Our son watches programs like Sid the Science Kid, It's a big world, and Curious George. All three shows promote children asking questions about the world around them. So, we encourage it. Our son's first full question (he's only 2 1/2 now) was just before he turned two, when his favorite question was "What's that". It annoyed the stew out of my in-laws who told him to stop asking. They couldn't understand why they had to repeate themselves more then once. My husband and I took another approach. We would tell him about 7 times, give or take. The brain forms patterns the more we do something, it's how we learn to read, so we took this theory to his questions. After that we would then starting asking him, after he'd ask us, "What's that". Eventually he'd tell us what it was. Now he's up to other questions and statements, so we reinforce. We try very hard to avoid saying "Because we said so". That's not an answer that we as adults would like to hear, so we give the best explanation we can. He's still young so we can't just pull up something on the pc, but in the show Sid the Science Kid his mom generally pulls up something on her pc. And then at school Sid will investigate that question with his teacher. With our son we simply say things like "Remember how we saw George do that, what do you think will happen" or what not. Children are sponges and asking why is their way of finding out about the world around them. Good luck with your delivery! Namaste-Anora

i guess kids really likes to know many things. thats why they keep on asking why's :)my eldest son who is 3 and a half yrs old he never runs out of questions,there's always a question in every activity he does in a day.but i never mind him asking why's ,in fact im glad that he's aware and interested in what he does thats why he wants to get an answer.for every questions he ask,i always answerd him patiently till he understood and i always put a good point of view in every questions he ask because this questionswill keeps in his mind. have a nice day :)

My three year old daughter is very inquisitive. She never ran out of WHY questions. Whenever she ask me questions with a WHY, I always make it a point to give the best answer because those answers are stored in her mind. To develop also her reasoning ability, I also ask her many WHY questions. It's fun, I learn from her and she learns from me.

Yes it gets annoying and it is a small period where you think they are cute. So that answer alones tells you a lot about parenting. It is a rollercoaster in the best sense. My advice is always be honest even when you don't know the answer. My oldest son wanted to know why an apple was an apple and I looked him right in the eye and said "I don't know" then I said "because God made it that way". He was happy with that answer and has asked a million more just like it. Take it one day at a time and enjoy it because the day will fast approach that your children won't ask you a thing. Good luck and happy parenting!!!