I knew it would happen at some point in parenthood…the day when my child would come up to me and ask, “Why is the sky blue?”. Isn’t that the universal question of kids? We even went through the phase of him asking simply “why?” after every answer we gave him about anything. It was maddening and endearing all at once. We gave him age appropriate answers. “Because God made it that way” was my personal favorite. He was satisfied and that was that.
Recently, however, his little brain seems to be working overtime. He’s asking questions that leave me completely dumbfounded. Here are just a few:
Why can’t you see a smell?
How come WE can’t touch wires but birds and squirrels can sit on them and not get electrocuted?
Who made God?
Ohhhhh kkkkkkk…..
So, I did what any modern parent would do. I went to Google, of course!
I learned that birds aren’t good conductors of electricity, and unless they are touching the ground AND the wire at the same time, the wire simply “ignores” the bird, if you will. Apparently, some people can see a smell (a phenomena called synaesthesia). And the last question? There are plenty of answers on Google, but I don’t know if I actually believe some of them, and beside…I feel like someday when I get to heaven that’s a question I can ask Him myself. What’s he fun of living without a little mystery, right?
So tell me, what “deep” questions do your kids ask that leave you stumped.