Do you get questioned often? I am bombarded by them everyday and most
of my days, start and end with a question. Mostly asked to make me go crazy,
but there are some real smart ones too I have to confess. There are some that
put me in a tough spot, if I should answer the truth or cook up a story to
support. Nonetheless I know it is good to encourage Smera and her is curiosity.
A few years back I read somewhere that it is scientifically proven
that children who are naturally curious fare better at school, in
relationships, at work, and end up being intelligent, creative and satisfied
people. Right so this means no matter how tough it is going to find answers for
her questions, I must persuade her to be a flexible thinker! However this responsive
style of parenting, where we help the child to cultivate the habit of
questioning has its own flip sides too.
And today I plan to write about the question that has been disturbing
my little munchkin a lot, she has tried different ways find the truth but
answer is still evading her. The
question was –“Why was I not there at you wedding?”. “Didn't you love me then?”
she asked me once and I always tell her that she was with god watching the
ceremony happen from the heavens above. Then the next question she would come
up with is, “Really how come I don’t remember and why am I not there in the
picture?”
Over a period of time, she has come to terms that she was not invited
to the actual party and that she omnipresent from the heavens above. But the matter
does not end there for me, just when I was thinking that the problems have
solved, the little child asked me another bouncer of question. “Can you get
married again? This time you can invite me too!”
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So as I am writing this post the little one is busy checking her
wardrobe for a white dress that she plans to wear and along with her princess
wings and tiara. Looking at her enthusiasm over getting us married again, I am
wondering maybe it isn't really a bad idea and probably this time I could get
married in jeans and t-shirt.
