The Science Creative Quarterly & A DIALOGUE WITH SARAH, AGED 3: IN WHICH IT IS SHOWN THAT IF YOUR DAD IS A CHEMISTRY PROFESSOR, ASKING "WHY" CAN BE DANGEROUS

hysterical From the page: SARAH: Why? DAD: Why is oxygen more electronegative than carbon and hydrogen? SARAH: Yes. DAD: That's complicated. There are different answers to that question, depending on whether you're talking about the Pauling or Mulliken electronegativity... more

Reviewed by schmeanel Aug 29 2007, 03:05am ( 105 reviews ) • ubc.ca

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Rated by bustajox on Aug 25, 7:54pm

WHY WHY WHY WHY WHY WHY
Rated by cmdrtebok on Jul 16, 11:12am

I enjoyed this. If I had a child I don't think I could help being a smartass all the time. At least until the little imp completely wore me down from lack of sleep and being broke.
Rated by jonrmc on Jul 11, 11:13am

mmmm, soap.
Rated by kh2ishere on Jul 02, 6:09pm

TL;DR
Rated by thosesocks on Jun 19, 11:24pm

This is exactly what it was like growing up under my dad's instruction!
Rated by fldav76 on Jun 11, 6:57pm

epic. always,always explain it to them as far as you reliably can...then just say, "i don't know".
Rated by aspa88 on Jun 07, 6:31pm

cute
Rated by Shokushu on May 20, 9:09pm

From the page: "SARAH: I don�t get it. DAD: That�s OK. Neither do most of my students." Valten: With a college education in any of the hard sciences you can- up to that last bit at least, and you'll have to make sure you retain it but thats not all that difficult if you look for opportunities to spout that kind of information.
Rated by richdiesal on May 10 2009, 10:33pm

I fear that I will have similar conversations with my eventual children. But I don't really see a better option. I suppose that's why most parents go with "because that's the way it is" as the default explanation of natural phenomena.

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