conversation about time -- with a 6 year old

[Cr0nJ0b]

here's how the conversation went...

son: Dad is a half an hour over yet?

me: well I don't know. when did it start?

son: um...five minutes ago.

me: well no, then a half an hour isn't over yet.

son: darn.


another installement from the "great conversations" series.

 

[sixone]

If you want to really mess him up, tell him half-hours are ending every minute.

 

[Fayd]

If you want to really mess him up, tell him half-hours are ending every minute.

no, if you wanna mess him up, start the "time is relative" speech.

 

[Krazy4Real]

hehe

 

[Zedtom]

Talk to him about dog years. Explain that dogs age seven human years in one year and that eight minutes seems like an hour. That's why dogs just think, "forget about it, I'm taking a nap."

 

[Arcadio]

I've used the ”Before the Big Bang there was no time or space” speech several times. That keeps them thinking for a while.... Although I'm not sure what they think about.

 

[Childs]

Alright...inquiring minds want to know what he was waiting for!

 

[Matthiasa]

I've used the ”Before the Big Bang there was no time or space” speech several times. That keeps them thinking for a while.... Although I'm not sure what they think about.

Well eventually they are going to figure out you don't know anything about physics if you keep using that statement.

 

[MotionMan]

here's how the conversation went...

son: Dad is a half an hour over yet?

me: well I don't know. when did it start?

son: um...five minutes ago.

me: well no, then a half an hour isn't over yet.

son: darn.


another installement from the "great conversations" series.

I could totally seeing having that conversation with my kids.

:thumbsup:

MotionMan

 

[ch33zw1z]

I've used the ”Before the Big Bang there was no time or space” speech several times. That keeps them thinking for a while.... Although I'm not sure what they think about.

Firecrackers.

 

[theevilsharpie]

son: Dad is a half an hour over yet?

me: well I don't know. when did it start?

son: um...five minutes ago.

me: well no, then a half an hour isn't over yet.

son: darn.

/Looks at post
/Looks at poster's username

:awe:

 

[Atomic Playboy]

I've used the ”Before the Big Bang there was no time or space” speech several times. That keeps them thinking for a while.... Although I'm not sure what they think about.

"Hey, there's no candy in this van!"

 

[vshah]

/Looks at post
/Looks at poster's username

:awe:

haha, my thoughts exactly

 

[T_Yamamoto]

here's how the conversation went...

son: Dad is a half an hour over yet?

me: well I don't know. when did it start?

son: um...five minutes ago.

me: well no, then a half an hour isn't over yet.

son: darn.


another installement from the "great conversations" series.

Lawl

 

[CPA]

Tell him: "It's over when I say it's over"