How To Equip Your Children for Those Hard Conversations

We have something in common. I’m sure of it. We know exactly what it feels like to be asked a gazillion questions that all begin with something similar to  “But mommy, why?”

No matter where you are in your parenting journey, I am going to assume that you know exactly what I am talking about! The “why” phase is inevitable. Sometimes the questions have a simple, quick and easy answer or require no response at all. But other questions can bring even the wisest parent to a complete halt or state of confusion and those are the times we must say, “Because that’s the way God made it.”

Children Crave Knowledge

I can recall long car rides with my 4-year-old as she fired questions like “Mommy why is the sky blue?”, “Mommy why do dogs bark?” and one of my favorites–  “Mommy if all of my toes grow, why is the baby one still so small?”

Now, that one stumped me. I simply had no explanation! However, I was in complete awe of her developing cognitive skills. Watching her brain process left me feeling nostalgic and grateful for youthful innocence.

Letting my children interpret and navigate the world around them brings me pure joy.

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