Someone getting curious about sex, dirty words or the meaning of life? Here’s how to answer all those tough questions.

Early on in parenthood, our jobs are clear: We protect, we provide, we cuddle, we change diapers, and we subconsciously coax our runts to inherit our inherited appreciation of Mr. Marvin Gaye. But soon—namely, the minute they learn to string together a sentence punctuated by a question mark—the job changes. We’re expected to become encyclopedia, philosopher, or Dr. Ruth at any given moment. They ask, and they ask, and they ask.

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