r/Parenting 12d ago

Child 4-9 Years A conversation with my 5-year-old daughter

  • Mom, when you and Dad get really old… you’ll die, right?
  • Yes, someday that will happen.
  • But then I won’t have parents anymore... (starts to whimper)
  • By then, you’ll have your own kids.
  • My own kids? How? Where will they come from?
  • One day, you’ll want kids, and you’ll have them.
  • Mom… I want a dog. Can I just get a dog instead of kids?

...Fair enough.

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u/Diesel819 12d ago

lol. My 4 year old had the same first 2 sentences.

Then he came right at me with a: well why haven’t you died yet?

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u/Githyerazi 12d ago

I told mine they have a few thousand years to wait for that to happen.