Young children talk in little spurts. One moment they are talking about a bug or a tree, the next about being hungry or something else totally unrelated. They don’t stay on one topic for long. And they are not interested in listening to one topic for long either.
So when they ask a complicated question, with a long adult complicated answer forming in your mind, you often lose their attention by the time you get a few sentences into any well thought out answer. So what to do?
Keep it simple! And also keep in mind that when they ask a question, they have already been thinking about the subject, so you might want to ask them what they think before even attempting to answer. Then, if you provide an answer, try to keep it short – the younger the child, the shorter the explanations.
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