2006-12-25 18:29:16 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Toddler & Preschooler
tell thim this is why and how and don't ask again. as long as you continue to answer them, they'll continue to ask of you. tell them to be quiet and if not then they'll be displined.
Mom of B & D
2006-12-29 06:34:31 · answer #1 · answered by Mom of B & D 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Remember that the child asking "why?" is dependent on you to learn all about their world. You wouldn't know what you do if it weren't for someone (your parents?) answering all of your why questions. Try to look at the world through their eyes. Pretend everything is new and you are just learning all there is to know as well.
If the child asks a question to which you don't know the answer, tell them that you don't know. You can always suggest a trip to the library to find out the answer. This is also an important skill for the child to learn that will help them both in school and in life. And it helps to make learning fun!!
If the questions are getting or have become annoying, tell the child they can ask 2 or 3 more questions and then you need a "quiet time". For younger children this may be difficult to do. Make it a game! Try telling them you need them to be quiet until you reach the stop sign, grocery store, home, etc...
Try to enjoy this time and stage in their development and let it give you a new appreciation for the world you live in but rarely see.
2006-12-25 18:54:23 · answer #2 · answered by devils'littleangel 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I have 5 kids so my ears never get quiet time. :-) Anyway they all go through the why? all day stage. I use to turn the question around and asked them what do they think so they answer their own why question. It is so funny hearing their answers, try it and get some humor and have fun. laughing is a good way to keep your cool. Best of luck! by the way if it makes you feel better out of my 5 only 3 have quit asking me why so much I still have 2 more kids to go through. HA
2006-12-26 03:17:09 · answer #3 · answered by Sassy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I know the feeling you are having and trust me so does ever other parent of a child. My best advice for you is teach the child all that they want to know. My 3 year old and i go out side and work on things mostly mechanic work but he always has the never ending question of why. And i answer him each time and propose a question back to him. If he gets it right he can ask another one. If the answer in wrong i tell him that its quiet time and that if he watches long enough he might get his answer. So all i am trying to say is teach him because once you stop where else will he turn to learn, and do you want them learning from that source.
2006-12-28 19:48:58 · answer #4 · answered by mega18_200321 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
funny... my cousins harass me about those stuff too.. Do you know what I do?? Well, I act like My body has just been entered by an evil spirit.. I say lots of things. Then after they get shocked about what happened, they become speechless and I tell them that "that" was my devil in my left shoulder.. The devil hates it when kids ask questions.. It works.. they don't ask questions for at least 2 whole days. But good enough... 2 whole days at leat... Hope this really helps .. I'm sure it will hehe.. good times...
2006-12-25 18:44:32 · answer #5 · answered by jamie 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well this is the time you can develop a genius in them, by keeping your self calm, and answer every possible question. Young kids are quite inquisitive and its not their fault, because there is a lot going around them, of which they dont have a clue, and only logical thing to them is ask their parents about them, so relax and enjoy the never ending quiz.
2006-12-25 19:16:32 · answer #6 · answered by naveed.nasim 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
wow what a pity YOUR Child talks to you. wah wah. trying have a child with autism who cannot hold a regular conversation and spend months of speech therapy to get them to the point where they can string 4 words together and he just turned 3. This is why I am so frustrated at my sons disease right now, YOU complain your kid wont shut up, I would give anything to hear mine never shut up.
COUNT your blessings or maybe one day they wont talk.
2006-12-25 19:24:46 · answer #7 · answered by BoTToms UP 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
my children are toddlers and my youngest is only an infant i have 3 kids actually and my eldest asks questions with sense like why is the air so hot?
of course there are times wehn its too much so i tell them to do something else particularly if were in the car i ask him to play with the fuzzy dice toy at the backseat
2006-12-25 18:37:33 · answer #8 · answered by daddyof3 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Answer their question with a question.
When she says, what is that......say, "Well, what do you think it is? " When she answers ask another question like "What color is that, is it big or little, what is it used for....." Eventually lead up to an activity that can be linked with the question. Coloring, playing with modeling clay or playdoh, drawing a picture, building something with alphabet blocks....etc
Or if she says 'why is the sky blue' say "well it's blue because God watned it that way. his eyes might have been blue and maybe that was his favorite color....What is your favorite color? maybe you can color a picture using your favorite color"
2006-12-26 06:36:41 · answer #9 · answered by momoftwo 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
laugh and enjoy it and think that one day very soon I will be wishing he still wanted to talk to me and still think that I know all the answers! And hope that if I listen now then when he gets older he will know that he can come talk to me and that I care. Don't get me wrong .. it can be frustrating! But your relationship is really forming right now and you want them to know that you will always be here to listen and answer.
2006-12-25 18:34:45 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Answer the question and then change the subject :) Start talking about anything else. How much you like cookies, how much fun Christmas was...really anything.
2006-12-28 17:57:07 · answer #11 · answered by Jacki T 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋