How do you answer your children's answer?

I always answered my kid's questions. I tried not to answer more than they were actually asking. I tried to not give them too many details. But I also felt like if they knew enough to ask they deserved an honest answer.

I do not have any children of my own, but all of my cousins, and even my mother, have young children that are going through the questioning phase. It's always hard to answer them and to answer them well without giving too much detail, but while giving them enough to help them learn. When my one cousin was four, she asked me, "Sammie, why is your skin brown." Everyone else in my family has white skin, so it's a valid question, but her mother had also dated a racist for a time when her parents were separated for a couple of months, so it was hard for me to think of something to tell her that didn't get too complicated in the issue, but still satisfied her question and hopefully helped her learn a little. So I just simply told her, "Because God thought I looked good in brown." :) Maybe that was the wrong answer, but that's all I could think of at the time. So I definitely understand that it can be hard to answer children's questions, especially while they're young and not wanting to say too much but not wanting to lie to them either.

For that particular question all I would say is, "You came from my tummy." That would usually be enough. My answers really depend on the complexity of the question and weather or not they are asking me something that I feel they are ready for the true answer for or not. If I think they are ready for the truth I will give it to them. If now I will give them just enough information before it gets to the parts that I think they are not ready yet for. When they are little it is very simple to be vague. When they get older it gets harder.

I answer my kids honestly. It is the type of relationship that I have built with them, they don't lie to me and I won't lie to them.