Don’t Know the Right Answer? Good for You!
I was thinking back to when I bought my first IPhone. As I left the Verizon store, I thought, internet, iTunes, email, weather, news, and way more, even a flashlight, all at my fingertips except…I didn’t know how to access all of them. I needed help to get up and running.
There’s an ancient saying, “When the student is ready, the teacher will appear.” To be “ready” means that you’re aware, that you’ve admitted (at least to yourself) that you don’t know something. When you reach this place, you’re ready to learn.
When you’re open with your children, when you let them know that you don’t have an immediate answer to one of their questions, you can then take your place beside them as a fellow learner. Together you can research the answer to the question they have. You’ll gain their respect by admitting what they probably already suspect-that you don’t know everything. The older your children are, the more evident this becomes.
If you don’t have the answer, that’s good! It’s OK to admit this. In fact, it’s essential to learning something new.
That’s Tuesday’s home schooling tip!
Curt Bumcrot, MRE
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