• axh@lemmy.worldEnglish
        16·
        1 day ago

        It’s ironic, because all people who found it funny, probably pay a lot of attention to their kids’ questions.

        • remotelove@lemmy.caEnglish
          7·
          23 hours ago

          Absolutely. I have no problems with lots of questions and even encourage it. I also encourage that the child should take some time to learn and explore the problem themselves.

          I am also a firm believer that a well formed question is sometimes more important than the answer they think they need. Teaching a child to ask the correct questions will fiter out 90% of the noise, I have found.

          I also happen to be an engineer and am really good at lecturing on topics I enjoy. So, unless they want to be stuck for a couple of hours learning all the nuances of any particular subject, they need to come to me prepared.

          Another method I have found effective is to point the child in the direction of the subject they are wanting to know about. So, if they ask me a question about one topic, I give them 10 research areas to explore first so they can start to understand my answers.

          This all boils down to teaching a child how to teach themselves.

          • DebatableRaccoon@lemmy.caEnglish
            3·
            15 hours ago

            Similar vein of teaching/parenting, when I was growing up and would ask my dad what something meant, he’d respond “The dictionary’s over there”. It taught me to leverage the sources of information I had to hand before bothering someone else.

        • echo@lemmy.todayEnglish
          4·
          1 day ago

          Hard to say… I’ve had entirely too many encounters with parents who unironically believe their kids should just shut the fuck up.

      • RustySharp@programming.devEnglish
        9·
        1 day ago

        I think it’s okay to not find it funny.

        I’ve also known good parents and bad, and probably all of them have days when they’re tired and just wishes to have 5 minutes of peace without the constant barrage of questions, many of which have been asked and answered a few times that day.

        One of the formulas of a good joke is to take something mundane and turning it up to 11. Hence this post and us parents, good or bad, having a laugh at it; probably for different reasons.

        Also I was told my mum felt like Yoda here, when 5 year old me started getting philosophical and asking existential questions…