Parenting : Curiosity does not always kill the cat
An interesting food for thought.
When we are curious about something and go all out to find out MORE about it ourselves, the chance of us REMEMBERING what we’ve just found out and learned is HIGHER, as compared to having the information ‘spoon-fed’ to us.
And if you ask me, I think the same principle applies to little kids and their learning style (and, how they discover their surrounding and their ‘world’)
Yes, some info (ie. knowledge) does need to be ‘fed’ to them and yes, kids may be curious about something ‘harmful’.
But, wouldn’t it be wonderful if we as parents can encourage (and guide) these little ones in staying positively curious about things, about their world?
Because through curiosity, we learn and discover.
And remember. More.
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Someone once said to me,
Stay ‘stupid’. Because when we feel we know nothing much, we keep on learning. But when we feel we know enough, that’s when we stop knowing more.
And I couldn’t agree more.
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[Photo Info]
When checking out the depth and textures of white sands at Cottesloe Beach (Perth, Australia), somehow some ended up ‘near’ Vai’s mouth too! (not sure if the sands got INTO his mouth as well. Now that’s a crunchy discovery!)
