The kid asked a question. What will you answer, grown-up?

Sooner or later, an adult must find their way around an answer to children's complex, or rather simple yet hard to explain, questions. I'm not talking about the common "Where do babies come from", but children pose so many questions, you've got to come up with creative answers, right?


So my little sister, who is 6 years old, came up to my mom and asked her to smell some sort of scented lip balm she had in her hand. My mom had a cold, so she replied that she couldn't smell it because she had a "stuffy nose". My sister stared at her with a puzzled look on her face; she didn't understand the term 'stuffy nose' until my mom said, "My nose is broken. It's not working."


I remember all the questions I'd ask my parents when I was younger, like how pools were made, or how far the stars were, to which my parents answered in the simplest of ways; "A man dug a hole in the ground and put water inside", and "Veeeeeeery far away." Before I learned how to read, I'd drive my parents insane, asking them to read street signs, books, license plates, peoples t-shirts, and basically anything with writing on it.


We've all been through it, and looking back on it is the best part. It was fun to be a kid, I think.