HEARD ON THE NYC M23 CROSSTOWN BUS
My brother Ken: Hey BH, check it out, the sun is setting.
My nephew BH: Why?
Ken: Because our side of the planet is turning away from the sun.
BH: Why?
Ken: Um, because of the conservation of angular momentum from the formation of the Earth.
BH: Why?
Ken: Uh, because of the gravitational collapse of the pre-solar nebula.
BH: Why?
Ken: Einstein’s General Theory of Relativity?
BH: Why?
Ken: Hey, do you want a cookie?


September 5th, 2012 at 10:32 am
Why?
September 5th, 2012 at 1:33 pm
“cookie” Fuckin-A !
I have been meaning for ages to suggest
“IF YOU GIVE A MOUSE A COOKIE” for the cutest nephew eva.
It’s a throughly entertaining story AND we learn about
Cause and Effect.
I am always giving the children in my family books, because
I refuse to have my chillren growwing up thinking a book is just something you sit on at thanksgiving to make yourself taller
xoxo
-P
September 5th, 2012 at 1:44 pm
Yes, the eternal struggle of the parents to not want to talk down to the kid, versus waiting for the “why” stage to be over.