Children Baffle Parents With Curiosity

Monday, January 11, 2010, 17:39

When children ask their parents questions like, where does water come from? Why is the sky blue? What is infinity?, the parents are often left without an answer. Most of the parents are unable to give their children an explanatory answer for even the most basic questions about the planet, outer space and the human body.

Modern day parents are increasingly turning to the Internet to answer difficult questions from their children. In a survey it was found out that 56 per cent of parents used the web to answer their children.

Four in ten parents confessed that they have to look up the web or a book for answers and 63 per cent answers on a whim even if they think the answer may be wrong.

Its fascinating to see how parents tackle questions brought to them by youngsters and how many of us will actually make something up rather than deal with the truth.

Experts say that there is a huge knowledge gap between adults and children. Here are top 20 questions children often baffle their parents:

1 How is electricity made?

2 What are black holes?

3 What is infinity?

4 Why is the sky blue?

5 Why do we have a leap year?

6 How do birds fly?

7 Why does cutting onions make you cry?

8 Where does the wind come from?

9 Why is the sea salty?

10 How big is the world?

11 What happens to us when we die?