So am I the only parent struggling to honestly answer every question your kid can throw at you? Perhaps there is something to be said for ‘because’ or the expanded versions ‘because I said so’. Alas, I just can’t bring myself to do it. But in my race to fill my offsprings sponge-like brain perhaps I have over shot the mark. Did he need to understand mummification at 4-years old? Maybe not but the thought of him thinking that mummies are blubbering cartoons wrapped in toilet paper is a disservice to an entire culture. Or when he was singing Buffalo Soldier in the bath and I felt compelled to explain slavery because he asked why they were fighting for survival. Maybe just singing the song and imaging toilet paper covered mummies with their arms out is enough. Then again not explaining that mucus turns green because of an iron component secreted by white bloods cells is simply out of the question.