I’m convinced we lose a lot of our creative thought once we become deeply socialized, and that’s why toddlers are so interesting. They haven’t learned to watch what they say yet, and their questions are absolutely limitless. Sure, being asked “why” for the twentieth time in the span of five minutes might be annoying, but WOW—the things they come up with in their free, little brains! Over on Reddit, folks shared some of the wildest things toddlers have asked them, and honestly, they are incredible. Here are some of our favorites.
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“A guy I used to work with said that his 3yo daughter woke him up at some god early hour in the morning so obviously he thought something was wrong, but she just wanted to know if there were toilets where he worked.” — fightoffyourdemons_
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“Do caterpillars burp? Google had no idea.” — hahahahthunk
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“My niece, 5 at the time, asked me who was the first mother.. I was confused and asked ‘what do you mean? Your mother’s mother?’And she goes, ‘no, my mother’s mother had a mother, and then she had a mother too, but how far does it go, who was the first mother?'” — IndigoMinded
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“My little cousin once asked why Spider-Man doesn’t shoot webs out of his butt like a normal spider. I still don’t have an answer for him.” — MountainDou
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“‘Why is green?’ A genuine question my daughter asked. Not, ‘ Why is X green?’ Just ‘Why is green?'” — lavachequipisse
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“’Why was I in space before your tummy?’…Tell me more kid.” — Ladyughsalot1
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“My cousin who’s like 4 asked me at a family gathering ‘what’s the best paper?’ Months ago and I’m still wondering what he meant.” — CloofWatershit
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“My 5 year old asked me why the world goes on forever and we do the same thing over and over again every day. Sorry bud I was hoping you would get to adulthood before feeling like that.” — laffytaffyfiend
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“‘Mummy why are we alive?’ Christ it’s not even 8am.” — swallowyoursadness
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“If there really were dragons, what would they cost?” — duckfat01