Questions help make meaning out of what seems like nonsense. Your daughter or son starts asking questions as soon as words begin . . . And then the questions become more complex as the toddler starts joining words together into phrases and sentences . . . One can never know all the right answers, especially in a world of rapidly changing information. However, with specific tools, one can usually fashion the right question to get some answers.
Questions are tools of thinking that can be modified and molded to fit shifting situations.
Knowing how to fashion questions may be more important than knowing all the answers. We parents want a child who is an independent learner, one who asks essential questions and persists with such questions until insight takes the place of confusion. We want a child in whom a sense of wonder flourishes - a child whose curiosity springs forth with full vigor from moment to moment as the world presents a feast of opportunities for exploration and discovery. Unfortunately, when your child goes to school, questions may mostly come from teachers. School is sometimes a place where children may memorize and repeat answers provided by adults and textbooks.