Do all 8 year old boys chat nonsense? A lot ! When do they improve to be able to have an interesting convo

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It’s usually would you rather be able to fly or hop really high

would you rather be Batman or Spider-Man

I’m really stressed as i don’t know what ice cream to pick 😏

back to what is this path made of ?
whats tarmac ?
can we exist on earth if the moon didn’t exist
( how the hell would I know !)

x a million very day !!

i do love him dearly though !

Yes! Sounds extremely familiar! Sweet and funny etc... but see my username

when are they able to have an interesting conversation?

it depends. My 16 is there now. I’m still waiting with my 18 year old.

🤣🤣

😂😂

Mum why have you got invisible feet ? Arrrghh

Has a ghost got your feet …

I quite like those kinds of conversations! My boy is only 5 but he does talk a lot of rubbish. My 7 year old girl too. I just join in.
Though I must admit I've had enough of listing my top 10 Pokemon.

What do you think about babies in general ? I think they are horrifying creatures that kill people ….

why do kids like dolls
they are soo creepy …

now making siren noises for no reason …

it just goes on !!

😁 This is familiar. An older women looked bemused as she passed me and my 8yo ds on the way to the shops today while we discussed the practicalities a of looking after a pet that was also a God and whether it would arrive to our home as a baby or if all Gods, even pet gods, are ageless.

Sometimes you need that look to guage how deep you have fallen into nonsense.

But what are your top 10 Pokémon?

It's the holidays OP. I'm not quite there yet but if my 5 year old asks me anymore questions I might sell her to the circus😅

Get them a magazine subscription to The Week Junior or Children's National Geographic and then some of the chat improves or they can just recite the facts to themselves with limited parental interaction...

What's your second favorite breed of dog?

What's your favourite episode of Alvin and the Chipmunks? DON'T say the one at camp because you always say that one. (I have never watched a full episode, thank Christ.).

I used to say "Google is your friend" a lot. I also put headphones on and listened to music if it got too much. Ds is 17 now and half of what he rambles is nonsense.
I have also refined the art of zoning out but listening enough to answer in the right places. Unless I'm reading a book, then all bets are off

Perfectly normal behaviour! I considered it as expanding my mind when DS went through that stage. He once drew me a lovely Mother’s Day card of a dinosaur wearing a pair of DMs and eating a chocolate digestive as those were my top 3 things from a random conversation.

I quite miss the lightheartedness of it all when discussing human rights in Eritrea with a 20 year old over breakfast.

My son asked me the other day while I was driving what my second favourite road sign was .

I'm hoping they reach the interesting conversation stage relatively soon after the teenage locking-myself-in-my-room-and-occasionally-grunting-at-my-parents stage, which is where we are now. (Sigh).

Daughters do this too.

We didn’t have Google when mine were young so I used to say “my brain needs some quiet time, so please don’t talk to me”. Blunt but effective!

Yes!! Almost ten year old here who tells long rambling tales about characters I've never heard of and sometimes makes up songs about them.
I love his creativity but it's exhausting 😃

😂😂 I love this, going to use it as a party ice-breaker from now on.

My 9 yo girl is also like this. I thought I was a chatterbox but she fills any blank space with chatter. Usually about Harry Potter bless her. We spend a lot of time talking about what the cat is thinking

Some interesting philosophical discussions there! My ten year old started a conversation about minecraft when we first locked down in 2020 and is I believe still going

I have a 4 year old. Most conversations contain references to poo and/or Simone or something being stinky. I'd rather have the weird questions!

So so much, mine has not grown out if it yet
I love it and I am so glad he is curious about the world and I love that he has so many interests and is excited by how everything works.

But in the other hand we have been on a ling drive and I have been asked -
Why do chickens look angry?
Where do lollypop men go at night?
Can the bears smell me from here? (I do not know which bears)
Do they cut holes out of potato waffles?
Can we buy just the waffle hole bits?
Do you think they would taste nice, the waffle bits?
Why is yogurt sometimes hard?
Did you want to be a fireman too when you were little? Or did they not have firemen back then?
How many hours would it take to walk to grannys house (in France)?
Do boats have legs?
How do the aeroplanes know where to go?
If I throw up while we are driving will it all blow back in my face like it did on that rollercoaster in that video on youtube?
Can rollercoasters drive on roads?
Do you like rollercoasters?
Did you know my pants are on backwards?
Can I turn my pants round while we are driving?
Even if i don't take my seatbelt off?
Can cheese grow in circles or is it always rectangles?
What is on the window?
Why has bird poop got white bits in it?
Am I going to get sick if I maybe licked the bird poop on the window?
Do farmers teach cows to do tricks?

And I don't know if I love his curiosity that much now.

Would you rather… (insert entirely random scenario)?