On a trip to Newcastle last weekend our son remarked
“I know that the river is beautiful at night but just imagine how stunning it would have been without humans”. “Do you think the world is a better place for having humans?”
This slightly took me aback as I has only asked him if he wanted pizza or a burger to eat on our way home….. It’s been week after week of questions that seem to have befuddled my limited reasoning powers.
“How do you think a plant cell first adapted to include Chloroplasts?”
“Do Alice Coopers friends call him Alice or his real name?”
“Why do kids laugh at people who can’t read but don’t seem to laugh at people who can’t do art or do maths?”
“Do you think the Doughnut Shaped universe theory is right?”
“Why can some people sing and some like you can’t sing – is it your body, a skill you learn or just luck?”
“Why do they keep saying those pesky kids in Scooby Doo when they must be older than you these days?”
“Why are there so many religions?”
“Rather than always trying to be good, would I get more help if I started to behave badly at school. If I did get more help would that not mean that I would have a better chance of improving?”
“Why are paper cuts so painful?”
“I have to paint a picture for Art homework, it has to be like one by Henri Rousseau, what is his style?”
“Why do we have to grow up?”
“Do you think Donald Trump gets his bodyguards to search for his golf balls?”
“How do we really know that the colour green is actually green, or it’s just a fault in the human eye?”
“In Spongebob why don’t the crabby patties ever get really wet being under the sea?”
“Did the Astronauts have to wipe their boots on a mat when they came back to the ship after a moon walk?”
“What’s your favourite Pokemon from each of the regions?”
“The Prime Minister is old. All the people helping her are old. Why are there never any young people helping. Leaving Europe effects the young as well. Is it because they wouldn’t agree with our view of the world?”
“Why is Dinosaur Train never on TV now, is it because they are having to redraw all the dinosaurs with feathers?”
“Who decides what a swear word is?”
“If Crocodiles survived the mass extinction why couldn’t some of the dinosaurs survive?”
“Why are schools made to be so unfriendly?”
“If some mountain ranges are rising up from earth movements does it mean somewhere else has to be getting lower?”
“Why after all those years of not winning a single thing and constantly letting you down, do you keep supporting that football team?”
“Do you think Stan Lee would rather go to Heaven or Valhalla?”
“What’s your favourite Batman bad guy excluding The Joker, Penguin, Riddler, Mr Freeze, Two Face, Bane and al Ghul?
“If I lived on a deserted island and I never met another person ever again, could I just forget that I have Aspergers and Dyslexia ?”
Even google couldn’t help me with some of those questions. As I’m writing this he has just stopped watching his tablet and asked:
“If we know so little about the universe, this man has just said less than 1%, how can scientists be so certain about things?”
Thankfully this was followed up by “have we got any ice cream in?” – I can answer that one.
A Dad trying to cope with the loss of his Partner and becoming a single parent. 
How many chickens would it take to kill an elephant?
Sorry 😂
Funny post 👍👍
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Chickens can be scary in packs
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Your son is so inquisitive. A sharp intellect. 😃
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That boy could teach us so much
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He teaches me everyday.
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I used to ask the same question before, until I learned of the age of the bible, and wondered where the idea of good come from? until it was taught by time… through generations… that we do until now. We teach our children.
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Thank you
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I read all the question but am still stuck on the first one. I guess it’s hard to come to terms with the answer that popped into my mind as soon as I read it…
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I read the answer of google. None the wiser.
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Good questions. They make you ponder and think.
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He teaches me more than he learns from me.
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Charizard, Lucario and Pikachu, and Ho-oh
Haha
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Mewtwo, Lugia, Rayquaza, Arceus, Reshiram. Apparently
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Hahahaha
Seriously, your kid is awesome!!
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Thanks
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You have got the most amazing young man in your life. I love his thirst for knowledge and his questions. Very thought provoking. He has better questions than some adults I know.
Whatever you are doing is working very well. 🙂
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Thank you so much. His questions are so much more deeper than mine where at that age.
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Mine too lol….
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I enjoyed reading all of his questions. The one where he asked, why do we have to grow up? I still have the same doubts some times.
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I’m convinced growing up was bad for me. Never did a very good job of it.
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Hahah! And I believe I’m not doing a good job at growing up either.
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Best way. Sat here watching a Spongebob cartoon.
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That is so much fun!
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It is
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Thank you so much.
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The best question is about Trump’s body guards! And I’ve often asked the same question about the colour green – glad to know there’s two intelligent people in the world!
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If that’s true I dread to think how many traffic lights 🚦 I’ve jumped.
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Wonderful questions, I really enjoyed them. Thank you to both of you.
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Thank you for reading them
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My Brain hurts.
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My brain just slows down like a computer when it’s trying to do too much.
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lol
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That’s a wild set of questions!
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Many more, I just can’t remember them correctly.
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I was spellbound by the list of questions. They’re incredible! From my Carl Sagan book: “Except for children (who don’t know enough not to ask the important questions), few of us spend much time wondering why Nature is the way it is . . .”
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That type of questioning does not fit in with our society currently. Unfortunately as you get older, if you ask these question, you are either labelled a ‘hippy’ or something worse. That’s why I have so much time for Sagan, he would ask these questions.
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And also support children in asking them. 👍
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Absolutely
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Stunning picture!
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Thank you so much.
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Lovin’ all these questions! Praying school doesn’t put a damper on his inquisitive nature. 🙂
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I reminded of Pink Floyds The Wall. Most of his teachers won’t answer questions which are off script.
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Nope! They just kind of blink, and smile, and awkwardly segue on.
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Not sure we get a smile.
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The boys’ teachers are fresh out of college. Give’em a few years and I’m sure they’ll stop smiling, too.
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The best teacher he had was a young student teacher. But your right he’s got a few that look like they have had enough.
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