In the Discovery News morning news huddle today, we got into talking about the often random, yet thought-provoking questions children ask adults. Random they may be, but their inquisitiveness can often throw us. The classic “where do babies come from?” is one of those inevitable queries a parent has to face, but there are likely another dozen, daily, that tax even the best parental educator. Many of these questions may never have been asked by another human being on the planet, ever.
So, in an effort to address some of the most outlandish/inquisitive/bizarre/brilliant kids’ questions, Discovery News is asking its readers via Tumblr for questions their children, or someone else’s children, have asked. Our favorites will be given the full scientific treatment, no matter how obvious the answer may appear to adults. They may even get their own article. The results may be surprising.
Please feel free to submit your questions below…
Oh, this one is cool. Frankly I think kids have some really good questions. If you don’t know the answer to it, clearly it isn’t a stupid question!
(And one of my favorite things about the internet is that these days the answer to a kid’s question can be, “I don’t know either. Let’s go look it up!”)