when a child asks you 'why' alll the time (no matter how many times you answer them), what can you say?

Answer 1

But why because!

Its just one of these phrases that children go thourgh and really you should be encouraging their inquisitive nature. You wouldn't want a child just to accept everything - that would be dangerous!

Just answer as best you can for as long as you can and if all else fails finish with 'Cos I said so!' and change the subject! But always answer, they are just learning!

My nephew was doing this a wee while abck and my sister asked him why do you keep asking why? He answered

'Well sometimes I don't understand your answer so I need to ask another question to make sure I understand'

He's 4! So sweet!

They are just absorbing all the information their surroundings have to offer - be paitient!

Answer 2

You should say "Why don't we look that up?" And then proceed to look up the answer with your child. If you teach your kids now how to find the answers to their own questions, they will be much better off later on when they have to do research for school projects. If you can find out by doing an experiment, do that too! If they want to know why the sky is blue, find a prism and show them how white light bends into different colors through a prism and that is what happens in the atmosphere and . . . etc. This may be frustrating, but just remember, you have an opportunity to teach your kids something and they actually want to listen to you!

Answer 3

when they ask a question like "why is the sky blue" reply with an answer like " well what coulour do YOU think it should be?" and as they reply by saying , green or red or yellow or whatever then you should start to ask them WHY they think that. children always want to express their own opinions about things and this is the best way to encourage this. also it develops their conversational skills and makes them think so much more about an answer before they answer a question. it will take a bit of time for them to develop this skill but it will be with them for the rest of their lives! good luck and stick with it because it really does work!

Answer 4

Just say "Z", it'll usually confuse the heck out of them, and then just walk away and hope they find somebody else to irritate for awhile, lol. Kids are naturally curious and want to know, but we all know that there is only so much that one person can take. I would just say "you've reached your question limit today, come back tommorow" and hopefully they're smart enough to get the hint, if not tell them you've had enough and the game of 8934543895 questions is over for the day. GL!

Answer 5

When my daughter went through the 'why' period i tried to get her off it two different ways .. first i took her to the library and sometimes we'd spend an 'entire' day there answering all her questions to 'why' eventually she got tired of asking and that was it .. but the beauty of it is she learned how to find out answers to her questions and the benefit for me? she eventually started asking to go to the library everytime she had a question .. once in a while i would answer a simple question but i wouldn't deprive her of the library since that's the best source of information :)

Second way of getting her off the 'why' was to sometimes start an activity with her .. whether to go out to the park 'n play the playground..or color or even watch her favourite cartoon show! see the reason why kids ask 'why' so much is because they simply want your COMPLETE undivided attention .. once you give it to them they are happy! besides...the most important mentality (sp?) to this is your child is willing to learn :)

best of luck! oh and don't ask why i said luck :P :P

Answer 6

This is so annoying, but they do need to learn - I always answer twice, and then ask them what I said. Still may need to repeat answer again - but usually have it on third time - and I know they were listening lol!!
I think sometimes its their way of trying to make conversation - so changing the subject to somthing they can talk about - like did you see that bug/bird etc. what did you think - just teaches them different openings apart from why.

Answer 7

I like this question because I cured my daughter and neice from doing the why thing...when they ask why answer take time look at them and start rambling on and on and on and on and on and on and on....make it really long and make sure you say a lot of things they don't understand along with the general question it may take a couple of times but no more than three...let me know how it goes

Answer 8

My son is exactly like this i answer him in very detailed form which he loves it gets his imagination going and asking more questions! If i am busy then i tell him we will talk about it later and he accepts this as i answer most of his questions. Good luck be patient and find joy in the fact you have an inquisetive healthy child

Answer 9

When my 3 yr old repeats her question I answer about 2 times then after the 3rd or 4th time I just say " Becuz mommy says so". Try that it works for me

Answer 10

Teach them to ask more questions, they are brilliant kids. My two year old daughter speaks three languages and I am about to teach her a fourth, she asks why in all her languages, i give her long complex answers in different languages. Keep putting info in, they are so clever. Build firm foundations of concrete intellect.