tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10673240.post4803404062214925955..comments2008-02-24T23:07:45.765-05:00Josette at Halushkihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16790825543155685363noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10673240.post-33283513097548840372008-02-24T23:07:00.000-05:002008-02-24T23:07:00.000-05:00I have recently had that conversation in my home. Cracks me up, but at the same time reminds me that although they are really smart and mature, they are just still kids.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for stopping by! And if you need any advice for a science night, just let me know!Melissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14599462281364463565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10673240.post-66206579971612644282008-02-23T22:06:00.000-05:002008-02-23T22:06:00.000-05:00Is it not totally weird that right now, as I'm reading blogs, I'm watching Annie Hall?<BR/><BR/>RIGHT NOW.slouching momhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05602868040771218507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10673240.post-29001838960128461712008-02-22T18:44:00.000-05:002008-02-22T18:44:00.000-05:00been there before! my 7 year old still needs a lesson from Christopher Columbus in that the world isn't flat and we can't sail off of the end of it if we get in a boat and just keep going!<BR/>love those kinds of conversations for which every answer begets yet another impossible to answer question! :)Kristahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02195918420671505919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10673240.post-1043137513680310252008-02-22T07:00:00.000-05:002008-02-22T07:00:00.000-05:00That deleted comment was the answer to Life, the Universe, and Everything, but I thought it might be too much for your kids to handle. ;)<BR/><BR/>Your 6-year-old sounds like my middle kid. Those Universe questions can be tricky. It's easier to deal with the ones that look up naughty stuff on the Internet...just unplug the computer. But the ones that ask questions...oh my. :)Theresahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09648404612737553605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10673240.post-61870129982584974542008-02-22T06:58:00.000-05:002008-02-22T06:58:00.000-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Theresahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09648404612737553605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10673240.post-63102889558253903462008-02-21T00:30:00.000-05:002008-02-21T00:30:00.000-05:00Oh yeah! I can't wait for those questions. Oh to be a child, when all that matters is the end of the world and destruction of all beings (and toys!) When they grow up, they'll learn to worry about more immediate/important matters. ;)bombaygirlwww.littletortoise.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10673240.post-64062339489731825182008-02-20T22:23:00.000-05:002008-02-20T22:23:00.000-05:00Had the same conversation here when ours were younger. I appreciate the fact that they listened to me, but their incessant worry was hard to take.a. beaverhausenhttp://wordgirl5.typepad.com/apathy_loungenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10673240.post-22204561317744089452008-02-20T16:31:00.000-05:002008-02-20T16:31:00.000-05:00I had the same conversations with my own mother when I was a kid. Except she was watching Johnny Carson and eating Hershey's kisses instead of blogging.mothergoosemousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05386446012443269817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10673240.post-50128647624814679832008-02-20T15:01:00.000-05:002008-02-20T15:01:00.000-05:00oh, jesus, that's good stuff. can i sell my girls' before they turn 6 and then buy them back around ... hell, when? i am not sure.Shawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16038370158284663729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10673240.post-46442962517930848992008-02-20T15:00:00.000-05:002008-02-20T15:00:00.000-05:00Holy crap, my son was exactly the same way at that age. He would picture the end of the world every night before bed time. He recently told me (he's 15 now) that sometimes he lies in bed at night and imagines a world where I have died. And cries himself to sleep. <BR/><BR/>That sounds way worse written down than it did in my head.Candyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14070433904661239686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10673240.post-36163325273162869092008-02-20T14:39:00.000-05:002008-02-20T14:39:00.000-05:00You are having some serious scientific late night talks!<BR/><BR/>I agree...might want to hold off on the global warming thingLife As I Know Ithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09492465378321819342noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10673240.post-41199297672976721762008-02-20T14:28:00.000-05:002008-02-20T14:28:00.000-05:00Bless their hearts.<BR/><BR/>Mrs. G. is right. Whatever you do, don't tell them about the polar bears.Melaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09811684628680681891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10673240.post-51440393891600089452008-02-20T14:15:00.000-05:002008-02-20T14:15:00.000-05:00Ha! When I was a kid, my biggest fear about any kind of disaster was the fate of the world's kittens.Katie Alenderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17210222751354931694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10673240.post-13813683977710109222008-02-20T14:05:00.000-05:002008-02-20T14:05:00.000-05:00Don't ever, EVER let them see the show The Day After. It mentally tortured me for years.<BR/><BR/>And I probaly would have sent Prima right back to dad for more on the expanding universe.annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01306851407588054538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10673240.post-47511233924241656042008-02-20T13:45:00.000-05:002008-02-20T13:45:00.000-05:00The thing I like least about parenting is how no good deed or trait goes unpunished, and I'd like to note that it seems to be the parents getting the most discipline around our house.<BR/><BR/>Still, since these aren't MY kids in this post...how cute and bright are they! I love it!Julie Pipperthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03169574697104642479noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10673240.post-27093655912001802022008-02-20T11:27:00.000-05:002008-02-20T11:27:00.000-05:00I would keep the global warming issue under wraps for a while.Mrs. G.http://www.blogger.com/profile/01171997573144385692noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10673240.post-45859655957444882602008-02-20T11:08:00.000-05:002008-02-20T11:08:00.000-05:00Mistake number 1: educating your children so the can ask you probing questions!Jenn @ Juggling Lifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14455967210924573398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10673240.post-15375975484776540282008-02-20T10:33:00.000-05:002008-02-20T10:33:00.000-05:00I sometimes worry about the expanding universe, myself.Professor Jhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02540617923517042598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10673240.post-65278247546234388292008-02-20T08:53:00.000-05:002008-02-20T08:53:00.000-05:00They are perseptive! You completely described a <I>Noah's Ark</I> like story with no sun instead of rain and a space ship instead of an ark. You could write a book. hehehe...Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17629983030415265281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10673240.post-33723291914632535532008-02-20T08:45:00.000-05:002008-02-20T08:45:00.000-05:00Oh gosh, that same scene has played out in this house a time or two. Sometimes having smart, perceptive kids is a tightrope walk, innit?Blog Antagonisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09378330862349859998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10673240.post-57089303058817622852008-02-20T08:01:00.000-05:002008-02-20T08:01:00.000-05:00LOL! Your 9 year old and my 9 year old definitely should get together more often. Of course, they might just wind up scaring each other more, especially if he shares his ideas about alien abductions with her.Kathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01974881173261676027noreply@blogger.com