• m0darn
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    4 days ago

    My strategy when I get repetitious “whys” has been to ask “why what?”

    Make them process the answer you just gave them and reformulate it into a question.

    If they don’t do a good job just say "I don’t understand your question, can you ask it in another way? "

    Kids like the ‘why’ game because it’s easy entertainment. Just make it less easy.

    • oldfart@lemm.ee
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      4 days ago

      Oh I have not been avoiding answering questions. I’ve been holding myself to not give long boring answers.

      And mine always asks “why <excerpt from my answer>”, not that easy :)