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The more you ignore their questions, the more questions they have
A lot of kids ask all kinds of emunah questions that parents, barely knowing the answer, sidestep the issue and the kids’ questions just fade away. Others do have questions which don’t go away.
It doesn’t matter whether the questions will fade away or not. If an answer can be answered in a satisfactory way it should be. But how can we explain why Hashem does bad to good people? Most kids do accept an answer that Hashem is so great we cannot comprehend his Ways.
Hashem is a concept to many, Hashem is not tangible and when FRUM Jews do not role model the exemplary behavior they are supposed to the concept of Hashem being a loving caring G-d that will reward them
What does Hashem doing good have to do with Jews not acting good? Do goyim only act good to Jewish children? They have never hurt them in any way?
and not hurt them becomes a foreign concept.
Hashem brings sickness on children, Hashem makes them be born into poor families, Hashem makes them lose parents c”v (okay we’ll not talk about them being born into abusive families as you feel that the parents can fix that for the child) Hashem does all kinds of things that LOOK bad to kids.
If you feel that humans are the ones causing the pain to the kids and not Hashem, what do you answer when it is clearly not through human’s hands that their pain is caused?
What do you answer them then?