How To Stop "Why" Questions From Your Kids

How do I stop why questions?

It's a very easy thing to do. Ninety-nine percent of the time children are asking these questions because of the developmental place that they are in, and they want to understand all that they can understand. You want to really be sure though that it is not an attention seeking behavior on your child's behalf to engage with you. If your child does need that time with you, they are going to keep engaging like that. If you get to a point where you really would like to put a stop to it and you want to be kind and you want to be loving, the best thing to do is to say, "Honey, Why do you think?" Why do you think the sky is purple? Why do you think it rain today?" You want to try and put it back on to them. Then, you can really assess what it is they want to know. If it is really attention seeking, it is probably going to stop right there. If it really is an inquisition as to why the weather is the way it is, then they are going to give you back the feedback of where they're coming from. Then you can start a dialog.