Does your child keep asking 'why' all the time?

[Mary2909]

Hi, I’m Mary. My oldest daughter just turned three, and lately she’s been asking “why” about almost everything. Is this typical for kids her age?
Her curiosity seems endless—she’ll ask things like “Why is this tree yellow?” or “Why do tornadoes happen?” It honestly feels like there’s a new question every few minutes 😅. Sometimes she asks so many things that I run out of answers! Do other parents go through this too? How do you handle all the constant questions?
By the way, what kinds of things kids usually ask about?

Hi Mary - this is the most normal thing in the world and a notorious phase of child development. Relentless, I know. Here's a good article about it - including the incredible fact that one study found that small children in the 'why phase' ask an average of 107 questions an hour. So it's not surprising it can infuriate and baffle a parent! Best of luck with it. She sounds as bright as a button. 🥰
https://www.bbc.co.uk/tiny-happy-people/articles/zdcxwnb#:~:text=Well%2C%20it's%20perfectly%20normal.,one%20simple%20little%20word%3A%20Why!

Yes they all do it, some just go on for longer than others. We get long strings of “why?” When I’m fed up answering I say “why is…?” and just repeat the last thing he asked me. He gives his own answer and that seems to break the “why” cycle for a while.

Yes

They all do it, it's perfectly normal. After all, we are the adult that knows everything 😭
Bloomin irritating lol

sometimes the 'why' question really means 'I want to talk to you about this topic'. if the kid says 'why do horses eat grass', you can reply with, 'what do you know about horses'? that gets them to do more of the talking and think more about the general topic of horses etc.

Very normal at that age.

mine didn't go through that phase but would have loved to do what my dad did. He took us camping took us outside ,the forest,the beach farms and let us ask questions

I still take mine camping but its more like eeeeew bug ,mummy theres bugs in here

Oh my god! We are struggling for the same thing! I also asked for some suggestions here a month ago about this endless "why" of my DD, and I think what makes it easier now is the suggestion to throw the question back to them. Like, for example, when my DD asked, "Why is the sky blue?", I would go and say, "What do you think?" She would pause a little bit and answer that she doesn't know. Then, I'll try to find an article or a video online that explains about it and show it to her.

You are so lucky that your DD is interested in so much. Mine was like that and was asked frequently ''how do you put up with that?''.

Just answer her. It isn't just that she wants to know, it is that she wants to learn how to communicate with others and to practice her words.

Even babies want to communicate. How often have you been talking to another adult and the baby constantly blurbs? They don't understand the conversation. They just want to be part of it.

A learning curve not to be ignored.

Are you a bot? This has a very AI feel to it.

What do you mean by that? Ai is a search engine which gives information and answers questions on any subject you need to know about.

Fake Ai is the very bad practice of making photos and videos showing well known people doing unlawful things. It is this sort of thing which is unlawful and which is causing all the problems.

It is distressing to people, particularly teenagers when someone puts their image in a nasty situation.

People concentrate on that bad side and think Ai is all bad.

What? I don’t think you know what AI is, nor what @MissAndreywas referring to.

That was my first thought too. I can't really believe that anyone isn't aware of this as a "thing", let alone someone who has a child.

All mine went through this. Turn the Qs back on them and talking about possible answers will slow them down a bit. Love a curious mind. Tbh I look back on this stage with fondness as I all I get now is eye rolling or grunts because I don't know "anything" about life apparently and am too old to be "current"! 🙄
The only reason I eventually want grandDC is so that my DC will finally understand what they put us though! 😉

MissAndrey · Yesterday 18:11
Are you a bot? This has a very AI feel to it.

That was my first thought too. I can't really believe that anyone isn't aware of this as a "thing", let alone someone who has a child.

Agree with some other posters, this thread looks fake and OP sounds very much like a bot...

It's very normal and it's OK to say you don't know sometimes or turn it round and say 'what do you think?'.

My son hasn't gone through this phase yet thank god 😂😂

Don't any of you want your children to develop language and conversation skills before they go to school?

Or is it that you try to humiliate and block any poster you don't like or agree with by insulting them?

What help is that to OPs when all they want is sensible opinions?