Olivia searches for parenting tips

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Andrew walks over to the homeless man to leave his candy. Olivia shares with Ashley some information that she had found online a few weeks ago. 

‘Why, why, why? Yep, there comes a time in every parent’s life when you face a daily barrage of questions from your child – and you realise there are quite a few (actually, loads) you have absolutely no IDEA how to answer. Olivia looks for an article on parenting ideas.

These impossible questions come in a variety of different guises:

• The difficult science question: Why is the sky blue? Why do dogs have tails? How are rocks made?

• The ‘where do we come from?’ question you weren’t expecting quite so soon: Where do babies come from? How did I get in your tummy?

• The embarrassing loud and in public question: Why does that lady have a moustache? Why is than man fat?

• The shocking events on the news question: Why were those guys blowing those guys up?

• The philosophical question: What happens when you die? Is Santa/the tooth fairy/Elf on the Shelf real?

First things first: stay calm - Small children’s questions do tend to come out of the blue and, even if you do happen to have a degree in astrophysics from Oxford, a sudden query about how exactly asteroids killed the dinosaurs is not exactly a cakewalk – especially if you’re busy making lunch at the time.

So, stop and breathe. Then, yes, you could do a quick Google on your phone but then you’d have to explain your search result in language your child can understand. A smarter way might be to have an Really Important Questions Book at home. Then you can say, ‘Wow, that’s a really important question! Let’s put in in our Really Important Questions Book.’ 

This makes your child feel chuffed for thinking up such a brilliant question and, crucially, gives you time to find a good answer. Then, when you’ve had a chance to think for a bit, you can share a nice moment with your child writing down the answer in the book. (This also means you now have the answer written down, so if you’re asked the same question again, you know what to say – or at least where to look!)’ (Source) 

Let’s continue - Ashley is so happy that she bumped into Olivia

Start at the beginning – Olivia explains the colors of the sky

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Start at the beginning of the main story – Why … But WHY?

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