When answering our kids' questions, Heather and I have a decent success rate. However Justin has recently started a series of infamous "why" questions that completely boggle my brain. He doesn't ask "Why did you do that?" or "Why must I do that?" He confounds me with the seemingly philosophical query "Why is water?" Regrettably, none of my best efforts to answer were deemed satisfactory.
1. It comes from rain clouds (brief answer)
2. It's born that way. (he didn't even flinch before re-issuing the question. Nobody likes a smart aleck)
3. I explained the water cycle (more in depth)
4. 2 Hydrogen and 1 Oxygen (hoping he would drop the matter after deciding I was obviously making this stuff up and not taking it seriously)
5. Because its wet, not dry (nonsense intended to reverse the boggling)
6. God made it that way. (shift focus to the unfathomable power of the Almighty)
7. I don't know, ask Gramps. (see if he really wants to know)
He eventually became distracted by something more interesting and wandered off, but he remembered later and asked just as seriously "Why is water?" I may need to assemble a team of teachers, scientists, philosophers, and put a lawyer on retainer before he turns 3.
1. It comes from rain clouds (brief answer)
2. It's born that way. (he didn't even flinch before re-issuing the question. Nobody likes a smart aleck)
3. I explained the water cycle (more in depth)
4. 2 Hydrogen and 1 Oxygen (hoping he would drop the matter after deciding I was obviously making this stuff up and not taking it seriously)
5. Because its wet, not dry (nonsense intended to reverse the boggling)
6. God made it that way. (shift focus to the unfathomable power of the Almighty)
7. I don't know, ask Gramps. (see if he really wants to know)
He eventually became distracted by something more interesting and wandered off, but he remembered later and asked just as seriously "Why is water?" I may need to assemble a team of teachers, scientists, philosophers, and put a lawyer on retainer before he turns 3.
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