Chicken

[bovlb]

I am normally responsible for putting my five-year-old daughter to sleep. I get her ready for bed, and then I read stories. Then the trouble begins, because she wants to ask an endless series of questions. One night, instead of just saying "No more questions!" I decide to be more cunning and say:

G: Alright. One more question, and then time

Comments

[ashley_y]

I once had a six(ish)-year-old girl claim it was impossible for me to be Oliver's father, on the grounds that I had never been married to his mother. Not morally wrong, mind, but actually impossible.

Oliver himself (age six) knows more or less how it works with chickens and dogs etc. since his mom keeps those animals, so I'm pretty sure he's aware it's essentially the same for humans. Indeed one of his mother's dogs gave birth during my visit last weekend.

[mijopo]

Um … that's kind of a big question to answer. How about you ask it tomorrow?

of mommy, after I've gone to work...

[nickbarnes]

C has reached 5 without knowing this stuff?

[bovlb]

Well, she knows some things. We're mostly answering questions as they come up, but this one caught me off-guard. We're not trying to keep things from her.

A doesn't want to be the first Mummy in the class whose child explains the details to everyone else.