Opinion | A 3-Year-Old Is Looking for Answers

How does life live? How does life live? Can girls be robots? Can girls be robots? Say that again, a bit louder. Can girls be robots? Why is fire called fire? What is winter? Why do we have to sleep? How many dogs are in this world? Where do ants come from? Why are some things special? Why don’t worms have faces? Why is the sun in my eyes? Why does everybody not like pink? Just black. What do princesses do? What do you want to be when you grow up? Do girls have vaginas? Why do boys cut their hair? How do you make water? Why do you like beautiful things so much? Why did you pick flowers and then they die? Are you old, Mom? Why are the leaves falling down? Will I have another birthday? Why doesn’t everybody know me? What are you talking about? What’s a conversation? Why do people laugh at me? Why is she mean? Why are you on your phone? What happens when I don’t like you, Mom? What is mean and nice? What is kind? Do you love me? Why are kids small? Where did you find me when I was a baby? Why does the heart beat? Why do my feet sparkle? What’s bacteria? Does it hurt you? How does — food turn into poo? How do you be a mermaid, Mom? Why can’t we see angels? Can you turn me into a fairy? Do blue butterflies eat parts of the sky? Do worms cry? Do bugs die? Why did the birds fly away? Why are we humans? Why do we eat animals? Why do trees just stand there? Why is it nighttime when people are awake? How does the Earth move? What is atmosphere? Did God make the ocean? Where does the sun go? Why is the world so messy? Why do we all have cars? What is a molecule? What does extinct mean? What is power? What is history? Why are we going to die? How do people get killed? What is fragile? When did the world — when did the world even start? Mom, why are we starting again? Just one more time. What is history? How does life live? I can’t hear that. What is life? How does life live?