Curiosity and Learning
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How Do You Get a Baby?
That question.The one every parent dreads. I’d been expecting it, but I was especially nervous about hearing it from my son. His thirst for information is endless — once he’s curious about something, he wants to know everything. One question always leads to another, and then another, and then another. There are no shortcuts, no Continue reading
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Has there ever been a tornado in England?
Weather has always held a fascination for my son. Back when we used to read together before bed, he was never drawn to stories about castles or pirates—he wanted books about storms. Tornadoes, hurricanes, tsunamis. The wilder, the better. He would look over the pictures of swirling skies and crashing waves, wide-eyed, as if trying Continue reading
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What is the rarest crystal? A question from the rarest boy I know.
Several weeks ago my son requested a day out. I could have cried. Honestly. Something as simple as asking to go somewhere just does not happen with my son, he much prefers to just be in the house which I understand and accept but I do find that hard. Sometimes I feel like a prisoner Continue reading
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Has anyone ever walked on water?
It’s the summer holidays and we have done remarkably well. Let me repeat that…remarkably well. We have had some challenges, I can’t deny that, but we have navigated through them better than I ever imagined. However, I was aided with all my new knowledge and patience, and I was prepared (as much as possible) with Continue reading
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You know Jesus Christ, what do you think happened?
Every morning we had the same routine (barring any meltdowns). My son would shout me when he woke up – usually between 6.30am and 7am. If he hadn’t shouted by 6.45am my alarm went off and I would lay in bed for 5 minutes waking myself up. Once my son had shouted I would go Continue reading
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Why doesn’t the Earth fall down?
We were on day 7 of the Easter Holidays, in those 7 days I had had 7 sleepless nights, approximately 15 wake ups during those 7 nights (on average 2 a night), I had answered approximately 100 questions (on average of 14 questions per day), probably more actually, and I was knackered so very knackered. Continue reading
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Who was the first person on the Earth?
We were stood on the playground one morning and I was feeling relieved. We had had a good morning, rare very rare. Once again we were first on the playground – this is part of my son’s routine that he likes to be first so we were just stood discussing who would be next on Continue reading
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Mother’s Day and the Many Many Questions of My Child!
In the UK it has been Mothers Day last weekend. On Sunday. I’m not really fussed on the day. Sometimes these days come with higher expectations and if you increase your expectations then ultimately you end up being disappointed when the kids don’t behave or don’t bring you breakfast in bed. And so I am Continue reading
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When was the Earth first made?
It was the school holidays and I had settled in for some relaxing time in the house with my son. I was so used to going out and about all day with my daughter that getting my head around this type of activity was hard. But I went with the classic in house activities of Continue reading
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Who plays for Millwall that used to play for Middlesbrough? He was number 18 at Middlesbrough, he played for Middlesbrough a season ago and his name begins with a D?
In case you haven’t guessed already my son asks a lot of questions. When this started I was always on high alert, ready and poised with my brain switched on ready to answer these questions. It was exhausting, still is but I have a lot more experience of it and it’s like anything, the more Continue reading
The Questions of My Child 