“Why” is one of the first questions children ask. While the countless whys can often give even the most patient parent a headache, it is a sign that the child is learning in an active way. Have these “weird questions” been asked by your child? See if the answers here can give you a little inspiration. 1. Why do ants come up from the ground after it rains? Because ants live in their underground palaces. Although scientists are not sure, they still think that when it rains a lot, a lot of water will accumulate in the underground palace of ants, and ants are afraid of being drowned, so they will crawl up to the ground. 2. Why does the giraffe have such a long neck? Because giraffes love to eat fresh leaves growing on top of big trees, but these trees are very high, in order to eat these leaves, giraffes must have a long neck to do. Some giraffes have necks that are more than 2 meters long! Although the giraffe’s neck is very long, but they have as many bones in the neck as we humans do, but each of their bones is very long. 3.Why do we need to live in a house? We can only live in a house to withstand the bad weather, the hot summer sun and the cold winter north wind. There are all kinds of houses all over the world, with a variety of strange features, depending mainly on the climate in which people live. For example, those who live on the banks of rivers often use bamboo or wood to support their houses in mid-air to protect them from floods. Children’s questions have characteristics Children’s “why”, in addition to the same as adults, is a request for knowledge and information, but also has its own characteristics: 1, to “I”. For children, asking “why” questions is always self-centered. For example, if a child asks, “Why is that machine so loud?” can be interpreted as “Do you promise it won’t hurt me? 2. Wanting a promise. Sometimes a child asks “why” in order to get a promise from an adult, such as “Why do I want to take a picture?” Just want you to tell him “because the photo can be kept as a souvenir, the baby can also see the baby’s appearance when it grows up.” 3. Express surprise. Very often, the child asks you questions to express his surprise. For example, the child asks, “Why is it raining so hard?” More often than not, it’s an expression of his feelings after seeing the pouring rain outside the house. A “good attitude” toward “strange questions” is an important way for children to learn. So no matter how odd your child’s questions are, please take them seriously. 1. Find out what your child wants to know. Children often don’t have the ability to ask a complete and precise question to get the information they want to know, so sometimes your answer won’t satisfy your child. To avoid this, you can ask your child a rhetorical question before answering, “Honey, what do you think about that?” If you still don’t know exactly what your child wants to ask, you can ask a question that points to that answer, such as: “The squirrel is sleeping in the nest. Is that what you want to know?” 2. Answer in words your child can understand. Preschoolers don’t need to know the ins and outs of everything. You just need to answer him with age-appropriate words. For example, if a 3-year-old asks, “Why do things fall?” A good answer would be, “The earth is pulling them down. You can’t see the earth doing this. There is a special term for this phenomenon: gravity.” The right thing to do at this point is to try to put the question off for a while. You can say to your child, “Mommy is doing her chores, so you can ask later, okay?” Or try to change the subject and divert your child’s attention, for example by asking him, “Shall we play ‘house’ together?