I love the research. As a dad, I made the mistake of becoming frustrated at all the why questions I got from my oldest. Then I realized, she wants to know why cause she's been alive for 3 years. It is so much she wants to know and make sense of. Now with my younger children, I let them ask why all they want and answer as much as I can.
Honestly, I think it’s normal to become frustrated. I’m not saying it’s beneficial for any party involved, but it’s normal. Adults have so much going on in OUR brains, the child brain is really forcing us to slow down and answer questions and see their viewpoints - which is very difficult to do. I think there’s a lot of lessons in their incessant questions - we’re just too busy to notice them. I know I’m trying to change that and it sounds like you are too.
I wondered if you would cover what I quickly thought of. And you did.
They push until it makes sense.
I’ve always been fascinated by the depth approach. Where they just keep wanting a deeper understanding until you get to a real deep, existential layout of life and humanity. All of the sudden it becomes so broad their little brains go… I need ice cream. Lol.
It’s so true! They just want to know that deeper understanding. And when their brains get overwhelmed, you can almost see the switch from curiosity to simple requests - like ice cream - again.
I love the research. As a dad, I made the mistake of becoming frustrated at all the why questions I got from my oldest. Then I realized, she wants to know why cause she's been alive for 3 years. It is so much she wants to know and make sense of. Now with my younger children, I let them ask why all they want and answer as much as I can.
Honestly, I think it’s normal to become frustrated. I’m not saying it’s beneficial for any party involved, but it’s normal. Adults have so much going on in OUR brains, the child brain is really forcing us to slow down and answer questions and see their viewpoints - which is very difficult to do. I think there’s a lot of lessons in their incessant questions - we’re just too busy to notice them. I know I’m trying to change that and it sounds like you are too.
I wondered if you would cover what I quickly thought of. And you did.
They push until it makes sense.
I’ve always been fascinated by the depth approach. Where they just keep wanting a deeper understanding until you get to a real deep, existential layout of life and humanity. All of the sudden it becomes so broad their little brains go… I need ice cream. Lol.
It’s so true! They just want to know that deeper understanding. And when their brains get overwhelmed, you can almost see the switch from curiosity to simple requests - like ice cream - again.