#Q4KIDZ IV: My Girls Sound Off on Animal Interviews, Market Morals and a Scholarly Challenge

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One of the girls has taken to providing her answers with a sneer.

Not naming names or anything. But her name rhymes with Queen Bee. In fact, I wondered if asking her these questions for this monthly post might have had its run. Perhaps I should let her off the hook.

But, she keeps answering.

And a terse answer is still an answer, right? It’s like that Rush song, Freewill. “If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice.” Deep, huh?

#Q4KIDZ III: My Girls Sound Off On TV Life, Anatomical Switches and the Power of a Skunk

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Marie called me on my setup.

“You don’t write that blog post,” she sneered. “We do.”

Can’t slip it past you, kid. Yes. You girls write the copy for this post every month. And you kind of kick-ass at it. Who am I to get in the way of that?

My girls and I get daily texts and emails from Q4KIDZ, with daily questions. The idea: Ask them of your kids, and see what conversations ensue. Have you signed up yet? [Check out the web site here.]

#Q4KIDZ II: My Girls Sound Off On Auto Design, Nature Noises and Mind Reading

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Lately, I’ve been the one asking the girls questions, too.

For more than a month, the girls and I have played along with a service called Q4KIDZ, from the organization Parents Together. Sign up, and you get daily questions by email or text to ask your kids.

It went so well last time, it’s now a monthly feature.

Here’s what the kids had to say to a few prompts in July. Apologies that the girls’ sketches don’t accompany their stellar answers this time. Two are off on a camping trip, and it’s an awful lot of pressure to put on the one who stayed behind.

👧🏻👧🏻👧🏻 My Girls Sound Off With Answers to Q4KIDZ Questions

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When the girls ask questions … well, that makes up my Friday Go Ask Daddy posts.

But what if dad asks the questions? I’ve done just that. I signed up for Q4KIDZ from Parents Together, so technically, they’re questions I’ve been given to give my girls. But that’s cool. These questions have started some intriguing conversations.

Here’s what I asked, and what they answered.

Most responses were clever and endearing. Most centered on food. (Where did they get that?) Only one was disturbing. You’ll see the one. (It’s not the first one with bad words in it.) It just tells me I have more daddying to do, that’s all.