(September 8, 2015 at 2:21 am)robvalue Wrote: I like that approach! Allowing your child to learn and guiding their thinking process is better than just announcing facts. I'm a huge fan of the Socratic method.
Apparently, I was also a fan when I was very young. My method wasn't very sophisticated at that point though.
Parent: Tells me something
Me: But why?
Parent: Explanation
Me: But why?
Parent: Explanation of explanation
Me: But why?
Parent: Explanation of explanation of explanation
Me: But why?
Parent: Let's watch some cartoons.
My cousin did that when I had to baby sit her. She was four and I was 12, but we both like animal documentaries, so I turn on animal planet to a bear scratching his ass off a tree. You can imagine how that went.
To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow,
Creeps in this petty pace from day to day,
To the last syllable of recorded time;
And all our yesterdays have lighted fools
The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle!
Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player,
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage,
And then is heard no more. It is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing.
Creeps in this petty pace from day to day,
To the last syllable of recorded time;
And all our yesterdays have lighted fools
The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle!
Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player,
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage,
And then is heard no more. It is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing.
