We've all had children -- ours or those belonging to others -- ask odd, challenging, or awkward questions.

Some of them are funny.  I once had a first grader ask me how to spell smorning.  Huh?  Smorning?

"Can you use that in a sentence for me?" I asked.

She sighed.

"The smorning, I ate pancakes."

"Oh, okay!  This. Morning.  Two separate words."

Easy.  Done.

There are the more difficult questions teenagers ask.  I usually say, "Are you sure you want to know this?  Because there is no way to erase this mental image from your brain once I tell you."  She usually says yes, and then freaks out afterwards.

I found this post  at Simple Mom to be both poignant and funny, and like what this dad is doing to connect with his kids.  For those of you who still have young ones at home, forge those strong bonds and open lines of communication now.  You'll be happy you did when the teen years come.

What do you do (or have you done in the past) to deal with tough questions?