Ditto! I also try to never tell the kids "don't ask that question." Though very often I do need to answer with "I don't know, but let's find out if anyone does

Ditto! I also try to never tell the kids "don't ask that question." Though very often I do need to answer with "I don't know, but let's find out if anyone does," then research it later. And occasionally, as recently happened when the question was about the Vietnam war: "that is a very long and complicated story, give me some time to figure out a way to explain a little bit of it."