Disney theme parks are dubbed The Happiest Place on Earth. All throughout the Magic Kingdom are costumed workers, interacting with children and adults alike, attempting to make this the best vacation they’ve ever experienced. For the price, it had BETTER be the best!
If a person wanted to work as a costumed character, you would think this would be the easiest job to land. However, there are strict requirements that must be followed to get and keep the job. For instance, would you like to be a Disney princess? “Disney criteria requires you be between 5’ 4″ and 5’ 8″. Meanwhile, nail polish is not allowed and neither are super long nails. Female cast members are prohibited from having their nails extend more than a quarter inch past the fingertip.”1
Disney characters are never allowed to speak of their jobs on social media. They cannot post selfies while in costume nor can they discuss any of the behind-the-scenes activities with their social media following.
If a guest asks directions, the Disney character cannot point. They must gesture with their entire hand. As Americans, we taught our children that it is rude to point. However, in some countries, pointing is an obscene gesture. Guests travel from across the globe to visit a Disney theme park and pointing could be the end to their happiest place on earth!
And, if a guest asks a question to which you don’t know the answer, you cannot say, “I don’t know.” Those three words are taboo. If you really don’t know, go find the answer. If it’s a silly question, give a silly answer. Make something up on the spot to pacify the inquiry.
There’s a huge problem with this logic!
Parents well know that children can ask all sorts of questions, incessantly peppering their parents as if they are walking dictionaries and encyclopedias. “Why is the grass green and the sky blue? How do fish breathe under water? If I put wings on my bike and pedaled hard, could I fly to the moon? Do bugs sleep? Why? But, why? Why? Why? 
WHY?
Have you ever hit a wall of frustration and just started making things up? Maybe you said, “Go ask your mother/father.” I think we’ve all been there. We would say just about anything if it would make the questions stop.
I am not judging or being critical when I say this but I think this is a huge mistake we make or made as parents. First, the child is asking legitimate questions that have puzzled them. Their curiosity reflects the simplicity and innocence of childhood. Therefore, even if we don’t understand the importance or relevance of the question, we must treat the child and their questions with great respect.
Second, a question is an opportunity to impart knowledge. Job 8:8 and 10 says, “For enquire, I pray thee, of the former age, and prepare thyself to the search of their fathers… (10) Shall not they teach thee, and tell thee, and utter words out of their heart?” And, Proverbs 4:1 says, “Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding.”
Third, if they ask a question that we can’t answer, “I don’t know” is legitimate and fair. However, follow up the “I don’t know” by saying, “Let’s find out together.” In 1 Samuel 9:8-10, we see an example of this. “And the servant answered Saul again, and said, Behold, I have here at hand the fourth part of a shekel of silver: that will I give to the man of God, to tell us our way. (9) (Beforetime in Israel, when a man went to enquire of God, thus he spake, Come, and let us go to the seer: for he that is now called a Prophet was beforetime called a Seer.) (10) Then said Saul to his servant, Well said; come, let us go. So they went unto the city where the man of God was.”
These truths apply to the questions asked by children as well as to those questions asked 
by curious adults, whether saved or lost. Questions are good and God has never been offended or threatened by honest questions.
When we ask the Lord questions or search His Word for answers, let’s take the attitude and approach of the prophet Habakkuk who has asked the Lord a lot of questions. “I will stand upon my watch, and set me upon the tower, and will watch to see what he will say unto me, and what I shall answer when I am reproved.” (Habakkuk 2:1)
1https://bonvoyaged.com/the-three-little-words-no-disney-employee-is-ever-allowed-to-say/
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