Im not an educator, but as former child and older sister to a much younger brother I cannot stress enough how frustrating it is to want knowledge as child with no access to technology and be refused it. I remember VIVIDLY being extremely interested in magnetism and electricity as a child and genuinely being obsessed with knowing whats behind it, and adults would REFUSE to explain it to me further than extremely basic explanations. when id point out that that doesnt actually explain to me what is behind their simplifications, theyd just say "well its very complicated".
This may seem overdramatic but it REALLY REALLY bothered me and made me anxious. Now my brother is 9 and whenever he asks me hard questions i look it up for him if i dont know myself, no matter how complicated it is, and if he doesn't understand then so be it. i can tell hes at least satisfied to have been offered an explanation, even one he cant fully follow. Obviously its not realistic this can always be implemented in classrooms, but if you have the opportunity to nurture a childs curiosity, please do.
Im typing this because i had genuinely become so frustrated with the incomplete explanations offered to me that i convinced myself i hated physics for YEARS. now that i have to take it in uni, im finally getting the answers i wanted as a child and i feel like im gna cry. again, overdramatic, but things seem much bigger as a kid. ps, i would not have understood most of this but hearing it anyways would have done wonders.
tldr; dont dismiss children that want knowledge, better have them not understand something you say than not saying anything at all.
Submitted May 26, 2026 at 03:09AM by Ok-Taste-671 https://ift.tt/xopUtm9
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