How come simple questions of a child can be so hard to answer by an adult?

It comes from being a parent we never are quite sure what to say to our children. I found out when I had small children if I just sit down and explain things to them they usually know more then I gave them credit for. Don't get tounge tied just tell your child from your heart and they will usually surprise you. Good luck my friend! Children are smarter then we adults give them credit for.

Haha that is so true. One time my nephew asked me where was the wind coming from and why cant we see it. Their questions are out of sumple curiosity which we most of the time overlook and dismiss as something irrelevant haha

of course i do. i have 2 children and the youngest is very anxious to know everything. she is four now. one day she asked me where is the god resident. wow.... i got tongue-tied absolutely. but fortunately i asked my husband to explain according to her knowledge. it is very hard to explain. it is not because i don't have the answer but i think my answer will not make her understand. and my husband just play the VCD which related to her question and she didnot ask that question anymore. but of course we must clever to choose the answer and explanation. nice discussion

I remember my father told me that there are things in our life that in due time i will know the answers. Not all questions are needed to be answered right away.Answers may be learned gradually. So complicated.Somehow it teaches me to be patient and observant.But there are kinds of child questions that science can answer only that parents are not prepared. Now that am adult,I wonder what was my question that time coz i just remember the answers. hehe.For some reasons, adult stop being inquisitive for simple things around us as long as we do our work everyday, provide things for our love ones and be a good citizen to our country where we live in.

Because we need to be careful of what might we say. And also kids don't understand much. What you are going to answer to them, it will be right for them.

my answer to this is that it is most likely cuz the question after a child first question is always why? and doesnt change so they want to be explained everything but im not sure if they would get everything if we tried explaining whatever we reply to them lol but thats my opinion

I've experienced the same sort of thing with my nieces as well. They have asked me questions that I simply did not have an answer for. I know that it's most likely going to be the same thing when my daughter grows older and begins to talk.

I think as adults we don't question things a lot of the time. Like "Why is the sky blue?" for example. I know there's a scientific answer for it, but we never really seem to stop and think about these small things. But I understand as kids - it's just what kids are good at - asking questions!

yes its true that children ask questions out of the blue. Even the most learned with find it tough to give a convincing answer.Its human nature that we we grow older we tend to take simple things casually,not caring to know more about such things. But the child with its limited awareness is quick to ask question of those things which he is able to comprehend which is mostly about simple things. this is when we get caught on a sticky wicket.

Exactly. Simple question/s from innocent kids suddenly becomes complicated. Because we just can't rush to give them answer like we do with adults. We must be careful with what we are going to give, since kids has good memory and it will retain to their minds and will lived with it. We need to answer them with care because each answer we gave will be followed with another question, that is for sure

Yes there are really questions from kids which we find it hard to answer. Did your child still ask about it or have you figured out what to tell him? I also have niece who asks too many questions which like you i find it hard to answer. Kids really have great and wide brain, isn't it? Maybe we adults have so many things in mind that we can't see what they see at times. It is really good to have kids that can bugle our minds for a while.

It's because the reasoning of a child and an adult are different. Children do have a craving for knowledge. They wanted an answer in every question that they attack and we as an adult, we want to answer them in a manner that we can level it into their level.

We should practice what we preach . I think this is true for children as well . They learn from us and we should pay respect them as well . So we should try to be transparent in answering their questions.

my opinion is that a childs question always after the first one is always why? but i dont think many would understand completely if we kept giving them answers they would just keep asking why so my advice is try to keep the answer as simple as possible and explain it to them in words they can understand?