Remembering asking your parents
ALL those questions, I do. I must have drove my dad freaking crazy but he
always answered them with the honest truth no matter what the question and no
matter what my age was or how inappropriate the rest of the world thought his answers might be.. Believe me I was a well educated 10 year old. As a kid I knew who to go to if I wanted the real truth. No candy coating, no sugar just cold facts and straight talk. I think my dad had something however
that worked. I think the opposite is a
great mistake that is to put a child off with falsehoods and nonsense just because
the question is difficult or embarrassing to answer. When a child is young and their growing keen
sense of observation is at its peak during the very early years of life this is
the time to educate your child about life. 
But let’s be real here I am not
talking about a telling a 4 year old about the bird and the bees unless of
course he/she is asking. I am just saying when a four year old asks where do
babies come from, just keep it simple, tell the truth and not "babies get delivered by a stork" You don’t have to go into detail unless
of course the questions continue as they often do with 4 year olds. My point is keep it real, simple but most
importantly keep it truthful and honest. Please don’t be one of those parents
or grandparents that tells your kid a long tale and by tale I mean falsehood.
Kids remember this crap and for years go on believing it’s real because a
trusted person in their life told them so. Be responsible when telling your
stories make sure those little minds know the ones that are fiction and
non-fiction.
Do you have a story about your
childhood or falsehood someone told you that you believed to be true and later
found out it to be false.. Not Santa! We all had that one….
Tell us about it, we would all
love to hear about it.
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Me with dad and teacher... sure miss him.
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