03/06/2025
When we were still growing, whenever we want to ask questions, mummy would always shut us up and tell us that some of the discussions we talked about are not for little children like us. All thanks to dad who would always remind her that she as a parent is the only one that can give the best answers to the questions running in the mind of her children everyday.
Children asking questions is more or less inevitable because their little eyes see things that puts questions in their minds, their little ears are hearing things that they are confused about and need explanations about it. They witness a lot of things everyday that they don't know what to think or feel about, so they just have a lot on their minds that they need answers and explanations to.
In a case where as a parent you shut them up always, then at some point they would withdraw from asking you and those things would still be In their minds looking for answers and oh, if they see anyone that could just listen to their questions and present any answer to them then that is what they'd stick to.
I know you want to construct your child to be selective on what he says, he or she shouldn't say dirty things. They shouldn't ask about what a boy friend And girlfriend relationship is. So that It wouldn't stain their precious garment that you've adorned them with. But let me shock you, you can never construct your children's eye's from seeing the things happening in their environment which eventually builds unsettled questions that they need answers to. And this is one of the reasons why they turn into something else you never imagined once they go out of your sight for few weeks and you end up clapping your hands and saying "this is not the child I trained" of course that's not the child you trained, that's the child you constructed and sorry mummy/, daddy, the construction wasn't built on a solid foundation and it has collapsed.
Train your child, help them distinguish between the good and bad. Don't just fe
