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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•5 days agoSo i avoided doing that and came up with terse explanations for nothing? I didn’t want to scare my kid off from asking questions
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish13•5 days agoMy strategy when I get repetitious “whys” has been to ask “why what?” Make them process the answer you just gave them and reformulate it into a question. If they don’t do a good job just say "I don’t understand your question, can you ask it in another way? " Kids like the ‘why’ game because it’s easy entertainment. Just make it less easy.
minus-square@LovableSidekicklinkEnglish4•5 days agoI tried that too but they just said “Why <whatever I just said>”.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•5 days agoOh I have not been avoiding answering questions. I’ve been holding myself to not give long boring answers. And mine always asks “why <excerpt from my answer>”, not that easy :)
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•4 days agoAt least they’re listening and learning!
So i avoided doing that and came up with terse explanations for nothing? I didn’t want to scare my kid off from asking questions
My strategy when I get repetitious “whys” has been to ask “why what?”
Make them process the answer you just gave them and reformulate it into a question.
If they don’t do a good job just say "I don’t understand your question, can you ask it in another way? "
Kids like the ‘why’ game because it’s easy entertainment. Just make it less easy.
I tried that too but they just said “Why <whatever I just said>”.
Oh I have not been avoiding answering questions. I’ve been holding myself to not give long boring answers.
And mine always asks “why <excerpt from my answer>”, not that easy :)
At least they’re listening and learning!