I'm not alone!

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Apparently other people have conversations with their kids the way I do:

http://bioteach.ubc.ca/quarterly/quarterly011/0101mcneil.html

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I do the same.

But one of the tricks of the "why" conversations is not information exchange. At that age they are learning the art of conversation, and they love the attention and conversation, and "why" prolongs the game.

Teach not just facts. Ask them "what do you think" and draw out the conversation another way.