No smoking!!

How do you explain a 3 year old the meaning of a 'No smoking' sign?




It may seem quite irrelevant and you would really think hard if you had to explain it. This happened last week when I was travelling with my daughter by bus.This sign is displayed in the bus. I always show her the sign on sprays or things that should not be touched by kids, it is shown as a circle with a cross. And she calls it 'cross no'. So when she found a similar sign she asked me,

Daughter - "What does that sign mean?"

When you cannot answer kids, one best way is to ask them the same question.

Me - "You tell me what does the sign mean?"

She thought for a while.

Daughter - "Hmm Hot brush.. cross no hot brush"

Well definitely I wouldn't have been able to think of that. It saved me quite the trouble of explaining.
But every time she sees the sign she keeps asking me

Daughter - "Mom why is the brush hot?"

Well any answers anyone??



Comments

  1. vishweshFebruary 1, 2014 at 2:11 AM

    bcause someone burnt it n put it in their mouth????????

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  2. MinnieMumFebruary 12, 2014 at 2:34 AM

    No the question is why is the brush hot? Why did someone burn it? :)

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