Originally from June 2016 - I have a 7 month old, and a lot of my friends who are parents often get offended when I compare human babies and puppies and say how similar they are.
The aforesaid friends obviously have never had puppies. Neither have I, literally speaking. But the offense puzzles me. I am not degrading a human baby, I find it fascinating that so much of animal life, mammals in particular, are so similar in this circus of life, that you wonder about the humour of the ringmaster and the hubris of humans.

Explanations to a 4 year old

As of today, these are some questions my 4 year old and I are wrestling with:

What is the Government ?

What does the President do ?

What is the coronavirus ?

Methinks the last one is easiest to comprehend and explain - It is a germ. It makes you sick. Keep washing your hands to get it off so it doesn't make you and others sick.

In the present day, the answers to all three questions may be indistinguishable from each other.