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SalamiSteakums t1_j1ssz0y wrote

Reply to comment by Minothor in LPT: When your 3 year old keeps asking "why?" answer with "friction" to make it stop. by [deleted]

Thats all well and good until youre annoyed by the 1,367th "Why"? Sometimes you just want them to stop asking why...

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sortaangrypeanut t1_j1tijja wrote

Is it possible to set a time to push these questions back? Like, answer the questions when you can, but if it gets too tiring is it possible to go "okay, write down your questions, and at dinner we can go through 3 of them?"

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Minothor t1_j1tvfwg wrote

Been there and I know. I'd usually aim to steer it towards becoming a loop and then point out that I'd answered that question and start getting mock worried that if his memory was that poor, he clearly wasn't getting enough sleep!

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