My two year old has started to use the word WHY all the time and I just wanted to know how long this stage is going to last?
2006-08-26 10:15:51 · 82 answers · asked by feminancy 1 in Family & Relationships ➔ Family
until they leave the house for good
2006-08-26 10:17:57 · answer #1 · answered by nas88car300 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
3 years
2006-09-02 10:56:55 · answer #2 · answered by evening_dewpoint 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Doesn't that drive you nuts? It lasts a lot longer than most of it would like it too. When he is a little older you can make him stop it, but 2 is so young that you really cannot give him any consequences for asking why. Just don't let him see you get frustrated by the question - they love that reaction.
I think the best response is to go on as if you have never heard the question. If I say "stop that" and the answer I get is "why" I do not explain why. I just say "stop that, I will not tell you again." That way I don't buy into this WHY business.
Good luck to you, you have a long way to go.
2006-09-01 12:28:27 · answer #3 · answered by Patti C 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just wait til they start asking questions like...
Dad, who will bury the last man on Earth?!
(My Son was only 3 and I still call him a 40 year old midget and he is 20 now :)
Oh, they will keep asking until you want to pull your hair out by the roots, or utilize the duct tape for other purposes that it wasnt meant for LOL!!!
But remember this, if he is inquisitive, then you may have a good student, who wants to learn!
By saying lame excuses, or avoiding questions, you may stifle him and he may become a poor student in life, so, encourage him, even if your ready for the looney bin, or, do like my wife always did, and give the "hard ones" to hubby :)
I wish you well..
Jesse
2006-09-03 09:17:53 · answer #4 · answered by x 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think this could be an on going question. Just be thankful that they ask why and what for that matter. It means that they are learning . Learning is very important in everyones life. I am an older person and I think we all ask ourselves why did I do this ,or why didn't I do something. Just be sure you think out your answers, so they learn the right ones.Good luck Hope you have a very intelligent child when the time comes. and then you will be glad you answered all the why's God Bless
2006-09-02 11:57:18 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It lasts right up until they leave home.
Seriously though, if it is a problem it is because they have learned that this is a way to get attention.
Try this:
"Because I am Mommy and its my job to raise you properly that's why."
It worked on my Boys and Daughter. This actually comforted them as they understood that I was there to teach and protect them. That is love. As they got older all I ever had to say is "because I am Dad" they knew the rest of the the words.
They love me very much because I give them Structure, Discipline, and Boundaries. I couldn`t ask for better children.
2006-09-02 06:25:18 · answer #6 · answered by Gone Rogue 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm 35 and I am still asking why. That used to really piss them off when I was in the Army. It is good and healthy. You never want to stiffle a child's curiousity. I would worry when they stop asking why. That's when their mind has stopped using advanced critical thinking and they have become acceptive of how things are. Besides would you rather be not challenge to come up with rational understandable explainations for his/her silence?
2006-08-30 06:12:18 · answer #7 · answered by Go! 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I have a six year old and an eleven year old, I'm thirty two and still ask my mom why as much as my kids ask me why. Get used to it and ACCEPT THIS CHILD FOR WHO HE IS and know that he's only been in our world for two years, he's not as educated as you are and he wants to know why things are the way they are- this way he can make some kind of sense of his world. Love him!
2006-09-02 16:28:26 · answer #8 · answered by Mira 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Forever and you should be telling her why and explaining to her why and any other questions she has my 3 year old just started doing this and i dont ignore her it doesnt bother me cuz i am teaching her and you should do the same they will always ask why when where how and they need to know it is just her mind being curious and learning about life....i love kids!!
2006-09-01 07:22:13 · answer #9 · answered by LUCKYGIRL 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
as long as it takes for him to realize that asking questions is a good way to find out answers. if you answer his why questions as well as possible to the extent that they REALLY ARE knowledge-seeking, he'll get secure in the idea that he can ask mommy anything and he'll back off it. denying him the "game" of the 10,000 Whys will just make him want it more. give him the game a couple twenty times and this stage will pass--and a couple twenty times is waaaayyyyy better than a whole year of him asking for it but getting denied :)
2006-08-26 10:19:30 · answer #10 · answered by Hot Lips 4077 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Until he gets tired of your answers and finds a new word. Both mine did that and it lasted a few months on and off, but not really a big deal. They don't need complicated answers, just short answers and they will go on! Good Luck!
2006-09-02 14:29:42 · answer #11 · answered by Yvonne D 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋