I cannot stress how important this is, don't just shrug of the questions your kids ask, how stupid, obvious or unexplainable the answer may be. Even if you don't know the exact answer.
My son asked me a question some time ago "What is a tree made of?" ... "Wood" i said, which just backfired another question "What is wood made of?" to which I actually took the time to explain (to my best of knowledge) that wood exists out of fibers which in turn exist out of carbon which is an atom, explaining that materials exists out of structures built from atoms while I drew a sketch of an atom and how it can bind to other atoms to form materials like wood, iron, etc.
The look on his face was worth millions and it made me feel real good and proud that my 5 year old son took interest into something that even for an adult without proper knowledge is hard to comprehend. I'm fairly confident that all this went way above his head but the fact that my explanation piqued his interest and set his imagination on fire is more than worth it.
My son asked me a question some time ago "What is a tree made of?" ... "Wood" i said, which just backfired another question "What is wood made of?" to which I actually took the time to explain (to my best of knowledge) that wood exists out of fibers which in turn exist out of carbon which is an atom, explaining that materials exists out of structures built from atoms while I drew a sketch of an atom and how it can bind to other atoms to form materials like wood, iron, etc.
The look on his face was worth millions and it made me feel real good and proud that my 5 year old son took interest into something that even for an adult without proper knowledge is hard to comprehend. I'm fairly confident that all this went way above his head but the fact that my explanation piqued his interest and set his imagination on fire is more than worth it.
Explain all the things!