And its companion, “Hmm, what makes you say that?” If we just answer the question, sometimes we don’t get to what the kid was actually wondering about. I’m remembering a six-year-old who asked me if I was going to have babies and how. Upon more questioning, she actually wanted to know if they would be born in a hospital or somewhere else, so I was glad I didn’t try to explain sex to her.
My mother always asked me, “well, what do you think?”
And its companion, “Hmm, what makes you say that?” If we just answer the question, sometimes we don’t get to what the kid was actually wondering about. I’m remembering a six-year-old who asked me if I was going to have babies and how. Upon more questioning, she actually wanted to know if they would be born in a hospital or somewhere else, so I was glad I didn’t try to explain sex to her.