My niece is smack in the middle of that super-inquisitive phase. The two most common phrases out of her mouth are "what's that?" and "why?" She was in my room over yom tov, inquisitively looking through all my things.
3YON: Who's that?
SD: it's my friend.
3YON: what's she wearing?
SD: a gown.
3YON: why's she wearing a gown?
SD: cuz she's a kallah!
3YON: why's she a kallah?
SD: cuz she got married!
3YON: SD, why do your friends get married?
SD: I don't know cutie. I never got married. You better ask your mommy. SHE'S married!
(My sister-in-law still hasn't spoken to me since I made her explain THAT to a question-everything three year old but I'm hoping that by the time cutie starts high school...)
9 comments:
Heh, we all know kids are smart but it's rare to find an adult who can answer that fast! Nice return!
B~M- oh, gee, thanks! But seriously, it isn't all that hard when you have spent the last three days trying to answer a never ending chain of questions. You just think like that. ;)
She's cute:)
Good answer! My niece asked me why I'm not married yet...
Insp- I am waiting for that question to come. She already asked why her aunt has only one baby and her mommy has 2 kinderlach...
LOL! Nice one.
Inquisitive children can be a blessing...and a pain in the neck. But we love them anyway, right? At least most of the time...
Scraps- most of the time. Like, for the first few days that they take up residence in your house. By the fourth or fifth day it gets a little much... If I hear "SD why?" one more time I'll.....
And JSYK right now her inquisitivness is much more of a pain in the neck than a blessing. (Everyone but her bubby will agree on that account...)
i answer my nephews questions with "kideii seyishaloo hatinokos- so the children should ask"
try it, its lots of fun...
HTTA- uh, the kid in question is THREE.
We should encourage children to ask questions, otherwise how would they learn? but when the list has become almost endless I stop the continuing questions with a question to them....it gets them thinking and stops the questions temporarily
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