Just before going to sleep our six-year-old got very inquisitive. 'Mom, where do babies come from?' I'd been expecting the question for a while so I started my story about eggs and sperms. 'No, not that, but where does the first baby come from?', she asked. She gave me a surprised look when I told her that nobody knows that for sure. That some people think there must be a higher spirit to have created everything and others believe in evolution. Silence. After a while she says: 'I don't think there is a god'. Immediately the next question: 'But mom, when the earth is round, why don't we feel it when we're hanging upside down?' Only six. What will it be when she's 12 or 15?
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Just before going to sleep our six-year-old got very inquisitive. 'Mom, where do babies come from?' I'd been expecting the question for a while so I started my story about eggs and sperms. 'No, not that, but where does the first baby come from?', she asked. She gave me a surprised look when I told her that nobody knows that for sure. That some people think there must be a higher spirit to have created everything and others believe in evolution. Silence. After a while she says: 'I don't think there is a god'. Immediately the next question: 'But mom, when the earth is round, why don't we feel it when we're hanging upside down?' Only six. What will it be when she's 12 or 15?
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Leuk toch!
Mijn kids stellen mij altijd van die vragen in de auto op weg naar school. Soms heel moeilijk om daar dan op te antwoorden, want het overvalt me vaak en.
(Mama, waarom geloven sommige mensen dan in God? Waarom moeten mensen dood?Waarom doen sommige mensen een doek op hun hoofd,...)
k
:-D Ik volg je vooral voor creatieve inspiratie maar de berichtjes over je kinderen zijn iedere keer weer erg leuk, alsof het meteen voor rinkelende eierstokjes zorgt. ;-) Geniet er maar van, wie weet zijn vele dingen al snel 'vanzelfsprekend' tegen de tijd dat ze 12 is en zijn er dus niet meer zulke grappige vragen, alsof je er dan niet meer bij stil staat dat het ook wel raar is.
Following the previous comments: yes! Even though their questions may baffle us, they are asking US---not just using Google to get the answer! It's an opportunity to do just what you are doing, Kristel---saying "some people thing this, and some people think that." It's so important to give children varying points of view--the gray in life, not just the black and white. Savor this time!
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