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Teach Them to Ask Questions

Aug 14, 2020

02:34

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The podcast explores the significance of teaching children to ask questions and fostering their curiosity, emphasizing the importance of asking good questions for learning and personal development.

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Focusing on the process and instilling lifelong habits is more important than prioritizing grades or homework completion.

Encouraging children to ask good questions and fostering their curiosity leads to lifelong learning and growth.

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Teach them to ask questions

As parents, we often prioritize the results our children achieve, such as their grades or completing their homework. However, it is crucial to focus on the process and instill lifelong habits that are more valuable than any grade. Encouraging children to ask good questions and being curious is essential. The scientist Arthur Sackler's mother had a different approach; instead of asking about grades, she would ask, 'Did you ask a good question today?' This emphasis on asking questions and being curious ultimately shaped Sackler into becoming a scientist. Parents should foster their children's curiosity by not shutting them down or being dismissive, but by showing them that asking leads to answers and that learning and science begin with admitting ignorance.

Teach Them to Ask Questions

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"Too often, as parents, we focus on the results. We care about their grades. We care about whether they’re turning in their homework. We care whether they know their times tables or whether they’re making it to work on time for their summer jobs.

Obviously these things are important, but by doing this we can end up skipping over some of the more important parts of the process—and end up missing opportunities to inculcate lifelong habits that are far more valuable than any grade."

Ryan says what the focus should be in our children's educations in today's Daily Dad Podcast.

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