It can help to ask in what context they thought of the question. For instance, what if they just want to know what makes “reality TV” different from regular TV?
It’s like when the sitcom kid asks, “Mommy, where did I come from?” and after a whole birds-and-bees talk it turns out his new friend is from New Jersey.
In this case I had on the music video for the song “Transcendental Cha Cha Cha” which features several lyrics that mention the word “reality.” Probably my kid was just asking the literal meaning of the word but they got distracted before we could discuss it further.
It can help to ask in what context they thought of the question. For instance, what if they just want to know what makes “reality TV” different from regular TV?
It’s like when the sitcom kid asks, “Mommy, where did I come from?” and after a whole birds-and-bees talk it turns out his new friend is from New Jersey.
Definitely.
In this case I had on the music video for the song “Transcendental Cha Cha Cha” which features several lyrics that mention the word “reality.” Probably my kid was just asking the literal meaning of the word but they got distracted before we could discuss it further.