{"id":845,"date":"2008-06-22T21:58:44","date_gmt":"2008-06-22T12:58:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/2008-06-22\/845"},"modified":"2008-06-22T21:58:44","modified_gmt":"2008-06-22T12:58:44","slug":"kids-are-much-smarter-than-you-think","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/2008-06-22\/845","title":{"rendered":"Kids Are Much Smarter Than You Think"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n<p>Putting five-year-old Anthony down for the night, we were lying in bed\nand chatting, and out of the blue he says...<\/p>\n\n<table style='margin: 10px auto 10px 35px'><tr valign='baseline'><td><span\nclass='qo'>&#8220;<\/span><\/td><td><span style='font-size:105%'>\nWhen <span class='nobr'>I get<\/span> big, if you're not dead, I'll become <span class='nobr'>a spaceship<\/span> person and go up to the stars\nand check how much big they are, how much round, how much heavy....\n<\/span><span class='qc'>&#8221;<\/span><\/td><\/tr><\/table>\n\n<p>I sort of chuckled at the &#8220;if you're not dead&#8221; part, but didn't comment.\nSince <a href=\"\/blog\/2008-04-27\/803\">his great-grandmother\ndied<\/a> recently, and the ensuing <a\nhref=\"\/blog\/2008-06-10\/833\">funeral and such<\/a>, we've\nhad some matter-of-fact talks about death, and he seems to understand\nthings well, and be at peace with the circle of life and his place in\nit.<\/p>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#post845 span.qo { font-size:200%; line-height:0; position:relative; bottom:-0.25em; font-family:times }\n#post845 span.qc { font-size:200%; line-height:0; position:relative; bottom:-0.25em; font-family:times }\n<\/style>\n\n<p>I did, though, comment about how in this case it should be &#8220;how big&#8221;\nrather than &#8220;how much big&#8221;, etc., at which point he continued...<\/p>\n\n<table style='margin: 10px auto 10px 35px'><tr valign='baseline'><td><span\nclass='qo'>&#8220;<\/span><\/td><td><span style='font-size:105%'>\nIf you're still not dead, I'll come back and tell you how big the stars are.\n<\/span><span class='qc'>&#8221;<\/span><\/td><\/tr><\/table>\n\n<p>The conversation meandered on, eventually turning to death, then Heaven,\nand then God....<\/p>\n\n<table style='margin: 10px auto 10px 35px'><tr valign='baseline'><td><span\nclass='qo'>&#8220;<\/span><\/td><td><span style='font-size:105%'>\nDid God make the stars?\n<\/span><span class='qc'>&#8221;<\/span>  &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;   (<span class='nobr'>I replied<\/span> <i>yes<\/i>)<\/td><\/tr><\/table>\n\n\n\n<table style='margin: 10px auto 10px 35px'><tr valign='baseline'><td><span\nclass='qo'>&#8220;<\/span><\/td><td><span style='font-size:105%'>\nDid God make space?\n<\/span><span class='qc'>&#8221;<\/span>  &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;   (<span class='nobr'>I replied<\/span> <i>yes<\/i>)<\/td><\/tr><\/table>\n\n<table style='margin: 10px auto 10px 35px'><tr valign='baseline'><td><span\nclass='qo'>&#8220;<\/span><\/td><td><span style='font-size:105%'>\nDid God make Himself?\n<\/span><span class='qc'>&#8221;<\/span><\/td><\/tr><\/table>\n\n<p>Wow, that's a <i>great<\/i> question, <span class='nobr'>I told him<\/span>, and then said that <span class='nobr'>I didn't<\/span>\nthink so... that God always was.<\/p>\n\n<table style='margin: 10px auto 10px 35px'><tr valign='baseline'><td><span\nclass='qo'>&#8220;<\/span><\/td><td><span style='font-size:105%'>\nHow do you know?\n<\/span><span class='qc'>&#8221;<\/span><\/td><\/tr><\/table>\n\n<p>Well, I don't know, <span class='nobr'>I just think<\/span> so.<\/p>\n\n\n<table style='margin: 10px auto 10px 35px'><tr valign='baseline'><td><span\nclass='qo'>&#8220;<\/span><\/td><td><span style='font-size:105%'>\nSo who made God?\n<\/span><span class='qc'>&#8221;<\/span><\/td><\/tr><\/table>\n\n<p>It's hard to understand... God always <i>was<\/i>, with no beginning and no end....<\/p>\n\n<table style='margin: 10px auto 10px 35px'><tr valign='baseline'><td><span\nclass='qo'>&#8220;<\/span><\/td><td><span style='font-size:105%'>\nLike numbers?\n<\/span><span class='qc'>&#8221;<\/span><\/td><\/tr><\/table>\n\n<p>Wow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Putting five-year-old Anthony down for the night, we were lying in bed and chatting, and out of the blue he says...<\/p> \" When I get big, if you're not dead, I'll become a spaceship person and go up to the stars and check how much big they are, how much round, how much heavy.... \" <p>I sort of chuckled at the \"if you're not dead\" part, but didn't comment. 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