The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to fatherverse@midwest.socialEnglish · 6 days agoMansplaining for goodlemmy.worldimagemessage-square36fedilinkarrow-up1563arrow-down116
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minus-squareoldfart@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 days agoSo i avoided doing that and came up with terse explanations for nothing? I didn’t want to scare my kid off from asking questions
minus-squarem0darn@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·5 days agoMy strategy when I get repetitious “whys” has been to ask “why what?” Make them process the answer you just gave them and reformulate it into a question. If they don’t do a good job just say "I don’t understand your question, can you ask it in another way? " Kids like the ‘why’ game because it’s easy entertainment. Just make it less easy.
minus-squareLovableSidekick@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·5 days agoI tried that too but they just said “Why <whatever I just said>”.
minus-squareoldfart@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 days agoOh I have not been avoiding answering questions. I’ve been holding myself to not give long boring answers. And mine always asks “why <excerpt from my answer>”, not that easy :)
minus-squarehex@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 days agoAt least they’re listening and learning!
So i avoided doing that and came up with terse explanations for nothing? I didn’t want to scare my kid off from asking questions
My strategy when I get repetitious “whys” has been to ask “why what?”
Make them process the answer you just gave them and reformulate it into a question.
If they don’t do a good job just say "I don’t understand your question, can you ask it in another way? "
Kids like the ‘why’ game because it’s easy entertainment. Just make it less easy.
I tried that too but they just said “Why <whatever I just said>”.
Oh I have not been avoiding answering questions. I’ve been holding myself to not give long boring answers.
And mine always asks “why <excerpt from my answer>”, not that easy :)
At least they’re listening and learning!