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As you baby grows into a toddler, remember that one day, he will grow into an adult too.
All of us had been through our childhood days, we had many questions submerging in our brain, thirsting for answer for a sponge.
In the same way, your child will be asking tons of question daily, absorbing as much answers from parents and older siblings.
Hence, it is worth to treat your child with respect and treat him like an adult.
Do not chase him away when he started to ask you bewildered questions that you are stumped.
Do not say ” Little kids do not know anything?”
Do not say ” Don’t spout nonsense!”
Do not say ” I am not free now, I will tell you next time”
When you child has reach a certain age, he would gradually learn new words, ask questions in order to understand what is the meaning behind these words.
Therefore, it is time for you to treat him with respect, like an adult, give him proper and correct answers to quench his thirst for knowledge.
Never, ever, provide him false answers, baby-talk, threats or comic strip answers that do not make any sense.
For example:
Where do baby come from?
Never give your child “the stork carried the baby in a napkin and flew the baby to his mommy”
You should get an encyclopedia related to nature and humans, show him the colorful pages and explain to him the process of baby development in a brief , simple words.
This way, you as a parent is treating your child with respect and dignity, instead of ridicule him with nonsense.
It is time to realize that your child has a powerful mind than you.
When you talk t your child, refrain from communicating in a “baby talk” manner.
Example: The big birdie carry the BB in a baggie
It is time to quit those cheesy lines.
Start using proper English with the correct grammar and vocabulary.
Give him a grown up child talk, use instructions, give him respect, instead of providing him so many choices to choose from.
My experience: My son doesn’t like to be treated like a baby. He is 9 years old, a school age boy, who wanted me to give him proper answer to his questions. He knows when I tried to “trick” him with silly answers. All kids are smart at this age. So quit providing him false answers. Your child is not “stupid enough” to be believe in your fairy tales anymore.
When your child asked you questions that is difficult to explain, do not cook up with lies.
You cannot tide him down with lies.
He will keep asking you with numerous questions that linked to each other.
In the end, you won’t be able to cover up your mess.
Your child is clever to know that you had lied to him.
Believe me, he doesn’t like it and doesn’t trust you anymore when he found out the truth.
The next time when he needed some answers, he will seek someone else for help, not his own parents.
He had lost his trust because you do not treat him like an adult.
Provide your child with the real facts, the truth and reasonable or realistic answer.
If you do not know the answer either, look up at some useful websites.
Google search is a great place where you can find answers to your child’s questions.
Do not feel ashamed or embarrassed due to your lack of knowledge.
Your child doesn’t know that you don’t know either.
Looking for an answer together is fun and exciting.
Furthermore, you and your child will enhance knowledge and trust me, he can remember better than you did!
If you know the answer, give him the straight truth.
Otherwise, he will be chided, ridiculed, laughed at and mocked by his peers, friends, siblings and strangers.
He will lost confidence, refused to seek for answers to his questions and keep himself away from socializing with people.
For example: Why did the dog died?
Give your child the reasons behind its’ death.
Help him to understand what death is all about.
One day, your child will be an adult.
You wouldn’t want your grown up child with a 5 year old knowledge, do you?
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To tell the truth I can say that kids are the most intelligent people in this earth. We normally assume that kids don't see or understand the things that we do; but the truth is that they tend to watch us the grownups doing our things and copy what they can. But when they see something that they may not agree with that will probably ask a lot of questions. I agree that children don't need to be lied to or even Hi we stuff from them. They become very curious when they grow up, and start asking questions so the best thing is to always create time to tell to them and explain anything that they may want to know it's very important.
I may say that kids can teach us so many things.Some parents ignore this fact.During my free time, I usually spend it with my little niece.I must say that she had grown fast.
As the older ones, we need to act as a good role model.Whatever they see, it is inevitable that the children will follow.Parenting is the best thing to acquire for having a family.
It is a priceless experience and can be shared with others.
Yes treating your child with respect, telling him the truth of what ever question he asks you is very good. It's also good to make him feel very important and also make him believe that you are the only one that can tell them the truth of any of their question. When u was a kid, I was really a very inquisitive type and my mother simply said I was going to be intelligent and I thank God I am today. Children who are always inquisitive to know what goes on around them and how it happens gathers a lot of knowledge and this help them to be intelligent as they grow gradually. I really am interested in kids that are inquisitive cos they remind me of my childhood days and my childhood questions. These kinda children who ask questions a lot are very noisy and talks a lot. Due to their acquired knowledge, they tend to talk a lot about what they have learnt from their parents. Actually not all children are question, they keep quiet and just grow like that without knowing anything. Most times these children end up in being dummies in their classes due to their quiet nature.