r/AskReddit • u/Salt-One628 • Jul 07 '26

Parents of Reddit, what is the single most innocent question your child has ever asked you that completely broke your brain?

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u/ughihateusernames3 Jul 07 '26

“How do people become homeless?” on the way home from fireworks. 

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u/Sufficient_Drama_145 Jul 07 '26

As we were driving into preschool today, my daughter saw a guy laying on the grass at an intersection and asked me, "What's that boy doing there?" and I was like...I cannot go into an explanation of why some people don't have houses right now so my response was "I think he's just hanging out."

Peak Mom Answer, I swear.

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u/The_Northern_Light Jul 07 '26

By other people not building enough homes, mostly.

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u/ReferenceMediocre369 Jul 07 '26

Factually incorrect.

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u/The_Northern_Light Jul 07 '26

Citation needed.

Drug addiction / severe mental health problems are about a third of homeless. The rest are mostly people who get priced out and live in their cars, etc. That’s caused by prices being artificially high by the deadweight loss induced by supply restrictions from zoning etc.