FooserX

My son asks questions. Like…a lot of them. If I had a counter, I’ll bet he could easily ring up 200 – 500 questions on a full day. I am not kidding! It drives me insane. He’ll just follow me all day, and ask me things. Some things he even knows the answer to, but he’s just in question mode so he asks anyway.

Sometimes I ignore the meaningless questions. Sometimes I’ll ask him what he thinks the answer is to promote his own thought process. Sometimes I’ll work with him to discover the answers. Sometimes I say I don’t know. But for the most part, it’s just this relentless inquisition. I love my son, but after about 30 questions, I’m mentally drained….by 100

This is not even a complaining post to be funny. I seriously want to drive to an empty field and scream my head off.

I feel like I created this monster by teaching him too many things too soon, or always explaining things so he knows what is going on. And what bugs me most, is he won’t ask mom! He’ll ask me what Mom is doing, or what she’s having for dinner when she’s right in front of him!

Has anyone else gone through this? Do they ever stop? Is there a trick to end this?

Kaytee

I'm sorry but it is normal. We are not at that stage yet obvioulsy, but having 6 nieces and nephews I know first hand that this is normal. All you can do is just answer him or if they are obvious things, like what is mom having for dinner, tell him, the same thing you are, what are you having? Put the question back on him.

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fallon

debralyn does this too...by the end of the day I think my brain is going to burst...lol we try to make her find the answer on her own (well with our help) but what really gets me is the questions she knows the answer to and asks anyway...I think to hear herself speak...lol oh and the same questions like 3 times in a day really bothers me too...I'm not sure when it stops but personally I hope it's soon

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FooserX

That's KT for yet another no-help, help post.

One solution I came up with that helps temporarily is to have a "No Question Day" It's usually a Sunday after I'm recovering from Saturday's onslaught of questions. I just say "Today is no question day!"

Helps for a bit.

I thought someone else might have some more good tricks.

Kaytee

boy don't make smack you again!!!
There is no help for htis because kids ask question. If they didn't then they would never learn. if all you can do about it is complain then go at it

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FooserX

I read somewhere that every time you teach a child something, that's one more thing he doesn't learn on his own. I want to teach him, but I also want him to think on his own.

And I just gave you one of my own tricks I use, No Question Day. So there are SOME things a parent can do to minimize it. Just because you can't come up with anything doesn't mean you have to be cranky. I'm sorry you have no ideas, but don't take it out on me.

Kaytee

is that really the best for your son though? No question day, thats like saying "I'm sorry son, but you can't learn anything new today"

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FooserX

I'll figure it out.

Thanks.

fallon

one thing we do is tell her to take a little while to see if she can figure the answer out on her own...she usually does, that seems to help us a bit or I help her find the answer somewhere. Also when it is a question I know she knows the answer too I tell her I know it's in her brain somewhere and maybe if she takes some time to sit quietly she'll remeber...funny how quick the answer comes pouring out then

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FooserX

I think this thread probably should have been more about what things can a parent do when they reach the breaking point.


There's should be an Anti-ParentingForums.com. A place where some of us not so happy all the time people can go to vent about our kids and wives and instead of people looking at you like you're crazy, they would say "amen!"