 is so stupid and wrong that he is not worthy of the adult’s attention. On the one hand, the parent paid attention to the child, and on the other, he cut all his curiosity and desire to contact.
If you want a child to find the answer to this question by his own – tell him that, not forgetting to tell where exactly to look for it. And to distract the child from a painful thought, you can play together with him in the games that the IQClub team has developed.
If the best defence is an attack, then in the case of “deadlock” questions, parents often arrange a provocation:
- Why should not the stars give light?
- What do you think: The Sun is a star or a planet?
In comparison with the previous version, response-provocation has more benefits than harm. However, one must use this option very cautiously: parent should be ready to continue the conversation and have a logical explanation.
Receiving a provocative answer, a child begins to think, build hypotheses and show curiosity. However, provocation cannot do without problems: the lack of an exact answer causes a flood of new “deadlock” questions from the baby.
That’s the way the world wags
When a child is interested in the stars, an adult can tell him that this is how the world wags. For example, refer to the laws of physics / God’s will/vagaries of the universe. In the adult’s understanding, such a practical answer carries a philosophical meaning and prompts the child to think and analyze. But, from the point of view of a baby, an adult says a set of incomprehensible phrases that mean nothing.
Receiving a foggy answer, the child is even more lost. Lack of rich life experience does not give him the opportunity to evaluate such an answer and deeply understand its essence. That is why the child will not understand anything and will not ask anything else.
Parents, who try to conquer a baby with their knowledge, try to find a scientific explanation for the “deadlock” question. So, the stars can be called huge clots with gaseous structure. The temperature of the substances depends on the light of the stars, but a person can see only the white heavenly bodies since they are the most burning-hot.
A complex scientific answer will exactly satisfy the curiosity of a child, who has a logical mindset and likes to have accurate data. All other children will find this answer too complicated, so they will not ask their parents “why” for long. In 78% of cases, a child will not understand the essence of the answer and will not be able to draw a personal conclusion based on it. As a result, the child will become a living encyclopedia that will spend a lot of time digesting the scientific fact.
To all of you, my lads, and each let this tale a lesson teach!
To warm up interest in the knowledge of the world, parents often come up with believable stories in a fairy-tale form. For example, parents can say that the stars are painted with special luminous paint. Inventing an interesting fairy-tale answer, be on the alert: this option will suit only for a baby. Usually, the heroes of children’s fairy tales are humanized, so excessive infatuation with these stories can be a problem in the future. The child will repeatedly ask the question of interest to him or take a fairy answer as a fact.
The misconception about the surrounding reality will have to be corrected later, therefore the invented answer is definitely not suitable for preschoolers and first-graders.
Multiple choice answers
The most interesting and popular way to answer “deadlock” questions is to offer the child several options from which he can choose the most believable. For example, you can bring data from the Internet and the most popular scientific theories. By offering the child a choice among different versions, you will help to realize one truth: there is no one settled opinion on an important issue. Such an interesting answer will help the child to decide on independent thoughts and experiments. However, here too, there is one difficulty: do not interfere with the fantastic answer and the scientific, because the child will be particul