People will achieve all sorts of great outcomes when they know and buy into the reasons why the immediate actions should be taken.
‘Why?.
Imagine this scenario: Your boss comes to you to and tells you to drop what you are doing, and do this, just get it done, and moves on.
By contrast he/she comes to you are asks you to do that same thing, and explains why it needs to be done, why it is more important than the things you are currently engaged in, and how your contribution will make a difference to the outcome.
Which are you more likely to buy into?
Coincidently, it is the same question all our kids ask us as they are learning about the world. However, we seem willing to remove it from common conversation, or alternatively, answer the simple question that often has a complex answer with platitudes, evasion, or some other form of ‘non-answer’.
Again, we are on exactlynthe same page.
It’s all about knowing the purpose and then engaging with that. I get really frustrated by adults who do not provide kids with an answer to “why”. Kids are therefore taught to not be curious …
Absolutely, agree, engaging with kids in the ‘Why’ question is a core responsability of a parent, and will make a huge differance to the adult the kids become.
Kids thrive on conversation and that has a huge impact on the adults they grow into. Also significant impact on self esteem. Love how my grandkids have been engaged in conversation (initially basic signing before they could talk) with adults since very young, and are now (ages 7 and 9) avid readers, and highly curious