Short excerpt from a YouTube video (uploaded by James Laughlin) discussing the power of asking "why." The speakers emphasize preserving children's curiosity, the importance of adults continuing to ask why, and the value of modeling intellectual humility by admitting "I don't know" and exploring answers together.
Is the why question important not just for our kids, but for us to continue asking?
Yes, please, Alex. My son does the same thing, and I see it as the greatest gift, especially because it's oftentimes inconvenient. Right. Like you're planning already to do something else for your evening, and then a child is holding you hostage. But it is. Absolutely. And I do tend to agree when it comes to the formality of life outside of home that most children get exposed to. Like, they don't have the freedom to let their minds wander and actually build that sense of trust by having one of these curiosities responded to by saying, actually, I don't know. I don't know. How about we go ahead and discover that together? I mean, that's amazing stuff, you know.
It'S incredible. Absolutely.
