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Mansplaining for good (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 month ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 month ago (2 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

I tried that too but they just said "Why ".

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Oh I have not been avoiding answering questions. I've been holding myself to not give long boring answers.

And mine always asks "why ", not that easy :)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

At least they're listening and learning!