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How can children be guided regarding not seeing God, and His not speaking to them directly, and why do they ask Him for sustenance even though their parents provide it for them?

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Childhood is characterized by a multitude of questions, driven by curiosity and the desire to fulfill intellectual growth. Understanding children's questions requires distinguishing between their linguistic, existential, and psychological types. Parents often disregard children's questions for reasons such as feeling strange, difficulty in answering, the questions exceeding the child's intellectual capacity, or their own ignorance of the answer. Parents should approach children's questions with respect and trust, address their underlying motives, and provide correct and simplified answers, while differentiating between urgent and incidental questions. Dialogue with children enhances their self-confidence and increases their engagement. Questions should be short, clear, and age-appropriate. Answering methods vary between verbal explanations, stories, pictures, and observation. It is important for parents to be honest in their answers without sarcasm or reproach, and to avoid educational mistakes such as not considering the various aspects of upbringing or not progressing gradually. The purpose of a question is often communication, and it is not always necessary to have a ready answer. Regarding seeing God, speaking with Him, and matters of sustenance, God is too great to be seen in this world, except for those whom He wills to honor in the Hereafter. He, glory be to Him, spoke to Moses, and the believers will speak to God in Paradise. Everything that comes to us from humans is by God's will and assistance.

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