Comments on: Questions! http://downwiththekids.net/2007/07/31/questions/ Modern Australian Family Life Fri, 18 May 2012 04:55:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2 By: mum http://downwiththekids.net/2007/07/31/questions/#comment-980 mum Sun, 05 Aug 2007 23:21:13 +0000 http://downwiththekids.net/2007/07/31/questions/#comment-980 Yes - Big Sis is into asking about the "real"/"pretend" distinction too! She like to emphasise requests with it as well - so she'll say, I want "a lolly, a real one!" I guess just in case I agree and give her a "pretend one", whatever that would be?? Yes - Big Sis is into asking about the “real”/”pretend” distinction too! She like to emphasise requests with it as well - so she’ll say, I want “a lolly, a real one!” I guess just in case I agree and give her a “pretend one”, whatever that would be??

]]> By: shauna http://downwiththekids.net/2007/07/31/questions/#comment-979 shauna Sun, 05 Aug 2007 23:06:11 +0000 http://downwiththekids.net/2007/07/31/questions/#comment-979 Oh, the questions they ask... For the longest time my son would ask whether things were real or pretend. "Is wind real or pretend?" "Are cartoons real or pretend?" He wasn't too happy when I told him Jesus was real and Spiderman was pretend. In fact, I think he stopped that line of questioning abuot then... Oh, the questions they ask… For the longest time my son would ask whether things were real or pretend. “Is wind real or pretend?” “Are cartoons real or pretend?” He wasn’t too happy when I told him Jesus was real and Spiderman was pretend. In fact, I think he stopped that line of questioning abuot then…

]]> By: SeaBird http://downwiththekids.net/2007/07/31/questions/#comment-926 SeaBird Tue, 31 Jul 2007 17:23:36 +0000 http://downwiththekids.net/2007/07/31/questions/#comment-926 That's funny! I actually just read a good book about answering all your kids' questions.... 801 Questions Kids Ask About God (and living forever, etc.!) I'm actually mentioning it in a post tomorrow. That’s funny! I actually just read a good book about answering all your kids’ questions…. 801 Questions Kids Ask About God (and living forever, etc.!) I’m actually mentioning it in a post tomorrow.

]]> By: dogwoman http://downwiththekids.net/2007/07/31/questions/#comment-917 dogwoman Tue, 31 Jul 2007 11:40:23 +0000 http://downwiththekids.net/2007/07/31/questions/#comment-917 Next time I see Big Sis, I'd like her to test my anatomical knowledge by randomly quizzing me about names of bones. When Miss M was little, she stunned a gathering of personal trainers by correctly locating (and pronouncing) the gastrocnemius (part of the calf) muscle, just because she kept asking "what is this, what is that?", so I gave her the hardest one I could think of, which of course she remembered perfectly. DSO, my Buddhist yoga teacher gives hope to those of us worrying about eternal suffering ... apparently if we can divest ourselves of any kind of desire (and not just the one that first pops into my mind), it's all okay. Hmm, but then is it really worth it? Next time I see Big Sis, I’d like her to test my anatomical knowledge by randomly quizzing me about names of bones. When Miss M was little, she stunned a gathering of personal trainers by correctly locating (and pronouncing) the gastrocnemius (part of the calf) muscle, just because she kept asking “what is this, what is that?”, so I gave her the hardest one I could think of, which of course she remembered perfectly.

DSO, my Buddhist yoga teacher gives hope to those of us worrying about eternal suffering … apparently if we can divest ourselves of any kind of desire (and not just the one that first pops into my mind), it’s all okay. Hmm, but then is it really worth it?

]]> By: DSO http://downwiththekids.net/2007/07/31/questions/#comment-914 DSO Tue, 31 Jul 2007 09:29:46 +0000 http://downwiththekids.net/2007/07/31/questions/#comment-914 Actually, I don't have a problem with the contentious position "that we will live forever". I don't empirically know it to be true or false and, my leaning towards the optimistic side of life means that it is, in fact, my preferred position. (NB: an inbuilt assumption is that it is not an eternity of suffering - I'm no Buddhist when it comes down to it). In any event, eternal life is a common theme of most belief systems (excluding, of course, aetheism, to the extent that that is a belief system). So, even on a probability basis, I can't be too far off the truth. Anyway, I'd like Big Sis to live forever and ever and ever in happiness before she even approaches mortality. Actually, I don’t have a problem with the contentious position “that we will live forever”. I don’t empirically know it to be true or false and, my leaning towards the optimistic side of life means that it is, in fact, my preferred position. (NB: an inbuilt assumption is that it is not an eternity of suffering - I’m no Buddhist when it comes down to it).

In any event, eternal life is a common theme of most belief systems (excluding, of course, aetheism, to the extent that that is a belief system). So, even on a probability basis, I can’t be too far off the truth.

Anyway, I’d like Big Sis to live forever and ever and ever in happiness before she even approaches mortality.

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