Often children see clearer than we.

My 9 year old son often makes statements that reflect insightful thinking. However I sometimes I have to listen closely to catch these. They actually come at least a few times a week (and I don't think I'm reading into his messages). Today we're driving down the road and he says to me, "Dad what if the truck is standing still and the world is happening around us? I mean, what if we're just watching as everything is happening around us?" This lead us into a short discussion of predestination, fate, free will. I try not to drag anything out more than a few sentences and usually qualify everything so as not to be dogmatic or force him in any direction.