Curiosity Doesn't Kill Anything. I was in the car today with my 4 year old sister. As 4 year olds do she started asking A LOT of questions. -Why can't my legs touch the floor? -Are you bigger than mom? -Why are you bigger than mom? -Are you an adult or a kid? -Can you still be a sister if you're an adult? -Are you and mom sisters? You get the idea. I was starting to get really irritated by all of the questions (not helped by the fact I have a head cold) and she would insist on me answering every single one. Then, when I couldn't take it anymore I turned to her and started to say, "Grace! Stop asking...". Then I stopped myself. What I was going to say was "stop asking stupid questions". I would have basically destroyed the curiosity in her that we all have but don't show because more than likely as a child we were told by a friend, relative, teacher or angry shopkeeper to "stop asking stupid questions". So instead I said to her: "Your legs can't touch the floor because when you sit down all of the clouds are trying to pull you up to them so you can bounce around on them. Yes I am taller than mom because every morning mom gets up and does a headstand all the way to the bathroom and now her legs are after shrinking. Adults think I'm an adult and sometimes I have to act like an adult but really I'm a kid forever because that's the way cool people are. Of course I'm still your sister...that's what makes me so cool. No mom and me aren't sisters. But we do act like sisters because our mom is the coolest, funniest person you'll ever know...that's the way sisters are." She might not have taken it all in but I bet she has a hundred more questions to ask about the clouds and shrinking mothers....and amazing sisters of course! Never destroy curiosity. Encourage it.