女儿(9岁)爱说话,爱聊天,天南海北的,尤其在我们吃饭的时候。下面是今天早餐桌上我们母女两个的聊天内容:
女儿,mommy, was yesterday the last day of the Olympics?
我:是啊
女儿:did the US win the most medals? (她很喜欢看奥运,但是有些时候没时间)
我:对啊,基本上每次都这样
女儿:That's too bad. I'm very mad. When I grow up, I want to be an olympic athelet representing China (受我们的影响,女儿也希望中国比美国强大)
我:好啊,but you need to be a Chinese citizen to be able to do that
女儿:I'll become a Chinese citizen then. Too bad 外公外婆 and 爷爷奶奶 won't be there to see me winning a gold medal for China at the Olympics
我:为什么
女儿:I will be 20 something by then. Do you think they will be able to live that long?
我: 当然。现在的老人活个90多甚至100多都没问题。
女儿:there are less than 5 people in the whole wide world who still have their great great parents living
我:怎么可能? 你不就是其中一个吗。我的外公外婆还活着,他们才80多岁
女儿:I can only say people in China tend to have babies at a very early age
我:美国更是如此啊。告诉你,我有一个美国同事,他比我大不了几岁,可是已经有了个2岁的孙子!
女儿大笑。。。
我:真的。没听说过美国很多高中都有幼儿园,daycare centers for babies of highschool kids!
女儿再次大笑,一边拍着肚子:I wish my babies won't come out that early. Baby, don't come out until I tell you to, okay?
How do you have babies anyways?
我:先结婚,然后就会有孩子
女儿:Really, is that all you know? Then I know a little more than you do.
我正想知道问她知道什么,小丫头开始了别的话题。刚好去camp的时间到了,我们两个匆匆忙忙出门了。
我想是不是应该找个时间跟她好好讨论下孩子是如何生出来的问题。以前她也多次有问到过,都被我塘塞过去。看来现在知道的越来越多了,没那么容易忽悠了。
请教,大家一般都是怎样跟孩子探讨这个问题的?