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Too_Old75 t1_j1svk54 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]

Except when they're asking why to be a PITA. (Usually when I am telling them the need to do a chore or something similar).

But my go-to, when their "why's" are insincere, is to respond with, "Because, that's why."

That usually kills it.

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Minothor t1_j1tv37k wrote

Fair enough, I always answered until it reached a loop and then I'd point out that I'd answered that already. Then start ignoring any repeats or suggest that if their memory was that bad, they clearly needed longer naps or less sugar. That usually worked without appearing to give them the win of me losing my temper or speaking down to them.

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