Questions that a 4 year old can ask..how to answer them?

[434Teresa]

On our drive home from preK a few days ago, my Julia (whom is a twin and will be 5 tommorrow) ask me something that threw me off somewhat for a minute.

"Mommy why does a pig wag its tail?" (of all things to ask and who knows why)

I did not have an answer right away. I told her that they wag it because they are happy like a dog does.

lol Than she says how do you know milkdud(our dog) wags her tell because she is happy? I then asked her well how do you know that milkdud is not happy when you want to play with her and she dont want to play with you? she says because she gives me a funny look and runs under your bed... that was all the question she had... I think she was testing me to see what I would say but I turned it around on her.


What is your funny questions and answers? who knows we may need the answer some day.

[Dengineer]

Cute but sad---"Mommy, why is that kitty sleeping in the middle of the road?"

"I don't know..." was all I could reply. Didn't have the heart to tell her the truth...

[3timesoccermom]

Teresa - I love it!! Shows that she is really thinking about things.

[434Teresa]

Cute but sad---"Mommy, why is that kitty sleeping in the middle of the road?"

"I don't know..." was all I could reply. Didn't have the heart to tell her the truth...

Alex asked me one time why the deer was in the road and where was its legs..(her twin brother)...I told a story and said I did not see it..

[Troop1379]

I work with kids and once I had a little boy who was 4 tell me " when I am trying to sleep i hear banging on the wall. So I go and tell my mommy and daddy and they tell me to go back to bed. It is just the monster". Then the little boy asked me Why do we have monster and how do you make them stop? I just said ask you mommy to talk to them. I told his mom that day when he was picked up. The look on her face. All she said was my bedroom is next to his.LOL

[3timesoccermom]

Troop - it seems like they could think of SOMEthing a little less scary to tell the poor little guy!!

[434Teresa]

yeh no way I would tell my twins it was a monster. There would be no way they would go back to bed...

[Troop1379]

I know. Kind of crazy what some parents say to the kids when they dont know what to say.

[434Teresa]

I am going to make this a short story but today I helped this women that seemed to be in bad need of food out with some food.

My now 5 year(as of saturday) was with me this was what he had to say:
He wantted to know why we gave that women food and she did not go to walmart and buy some...I told him that sometimes we have to help people out because they dont have money to buy food with, he said she could use coupons(wantted to laugh) I said hunny you know that mommy pays with coupons but I have to give them money to, he said oh I forgot.

[bali1228]

I know. Kind of crazy what some parents say to the kids when they dont know what to say.

What....I'm the only one that uses the "daddy and I are wrestling, and I won" explanation?
Seriously, people need to be more careful not to traumatize their kids. I was just saying to dh last night, that I don't know how the Duggers managed to get pregnant 20 times..I don't wanna do it with one kid in the house...dh was not amused......