When faced with all kinds of strange questions from children, this is the most loving answer

How do you answer your children’s strange questions? First, listen to the opinions of children, and second, listen to the opinions of masters. Soviet psychologist Pavlov said: \”The \’question mark\’ is the key to any science. The why of childhood is the first step for children to enter the palace of science. And on the road to knowledge, children are the happiest. The thing is to ask a question to knock the adults down.\” Everything in the world has a reason. When a child asks you \”why\”, what should you do? Never throw the standard answer directly to them, end their thinking with a \”period\”, give them \”question marks\” and \”exclamation points\”. When a child asks a question, you should say with great interest: \”This is a very good question. Why is it this way and not that way? Go look for the answer and tell me if you find it.\” Listen carefully to your child. You will discover a wonderful world. When my grandson Xiaohu was four and a half years old, he was playing Frisbee with his parents one day. As a result, his father used too much force and the Frisbee flew to the roof. \”How to get it down? Dad can\’t get up to such a high house.\” Dad asked Xiaohu in embarrassment. Xiaohu thought for a while and said: \”There are only two ways now: one is to demolish the house; the other is to raise a monkey and train the monkey to take down the Frisbee!\” Dad said, \”Okay, let\’s raise a monkey!\” A 4 Although the answer of the over-year-old child is very childish, it reflects his wisdom. Because his father respected his opinion, he was very motivated. If a child with learning ability can search for information and find out the answers by himself, it will be extremely beneficial to stimulate his interest in learning. However, for young children who lack reading skills, adult guidance is needed. How to answer children\’s questions tactfully is indeed a difficult problem and requires adults to learn. Harris, a well-known British media commentator, did something that many people wanted to do but seemed impossible. She teamed up with the UK\’s leading children\’s charity and invited a group of top scientists and historians in the world. , psychologists, naturalists, explorers, artists, musicians, writers, archaeologists, paleoanthropologists and athletes, from thousands of children\’s questions, select the most wonderful and interesting questions and ask the masters Answering them one by one, we compiled the miraculous \”Children Ask Questions, Masters Answer\”. I read two volumes and was deeply inspired and moved. The master used easy-to-understand language and answered all kinds of strange questions from children aged 5 to 8 in a very friendly and vivid way, which fully demonstrated his respect and understanding for children. For example, some children asked: \”Can a monkey become a human?\” \”Is there an edge to the universe?\” \”How can I be sure that I am not living in a dream?\” \”Why do people live?\” \”Should we always be kind to despicable people? \”8-year-old Rachel and 7-year-old Lalani asked the master: \”Why do zebras grow stripes.\” Biologist Dr. Karen James answered this way: If you want to understand why a plant or animal grows that way, first of all Three questions need to be asked: First, is it conducive to their survival or reproduction to look like that, or is it purely accidental? Second, if it is beneficial, how does it work? Third, is there any evidence to prove this role? Start with the questionFirst off, how can you say that stripes help zebras survive? Maybe you would find a group of zebras, paint 1/3 pure white, 1/3 pure black, leave the remaining 1/3 unchanged, and then see how many survive and successfully breed offspring. The question is…have you ever tried to capture a zebra and paint it? I\’ve never tried it, it sounds difficult enough! Looking at the second question, even if we can\’t yet determine whether stripes are beneficial to zebras, we can still ask: \”How does it work?\” Some scientists believe that in tall grass, zebras\’ stripes can serve as camouflage. Other scientists believe that stripes make it difficult for predators like lions to target a single zebra in a herd because it cannot tell which is the head or the tail! Some scientists believe that the unique stripe pattern allows zebras to recognize each other, just like humans recognize each other by their faces. The ideas are all good, but we have to turn to the third question: \”Is there evidence?\” Reading the scientific literature, we find that there is no evidence for all the above opinions. However, there is another view. In addition to large predators like lions, some small animals can also harm zebras, such as blood-sucking flying insects. They spread diseases and distract zebras from eating and guarding against predators. In 2011, scientists placed some wooden zebra models in the wild. Some were painted with stripes, some were painted pure white, and some were painted black. Sounds familiar, right? Next, they applied glue to the zebra model. The results showed that the pure black model had the most blood-sucking flying insects stuck to it, the pure white model had fewer, and the striped ones had the least. Finally, evidence has emerged: Zebras\’ stripes may be designed to repel blood-sucking flying insects, acting as a visual repellent. This question is selected from \”Children Ask Questions, Masters Answer\” edited by Gemma Elwin Harris and translated by Du Bing. This scientist\’s answer is so popular and friendly. According to the child\’s thinking, like peeling an onion, peel it off layer by layer, and finally get draw conclusions. Such an answer gives the child a way of thinking rather than a simple conclusion. This method is exactly \”teaching a man to fish, rather than teaching him to fish\”, which fully protects children\’s desire for knowledge. I once introduced this kind of analysis to children, and a primary school student actually said: \”It\’s so fun, I really want to find a zebra to try!\” In contrast, sometimes when we answer children\’s questions, we are too standardized and formatted. It\’s not fun at all, and the answers from the masters greatly protect the children\’s curiosity. So, when parents face all kinds of strange questions from their children, how do they answer them? First, listen to the opinions of children and keep their childlike innocence; second, listen to the opinions of experts and give children professional, accurate and satisfying answers.