26/05/2020
When kids ask questions, they learn how to gather information, think for themselves, and come up with solutions.
People think of questioning as simple, it’s a very sophisticated, high-level form of thinking. Questioning can help expand and open up the way we think about a subject or a problem, but questions also can direct and focus our thinking. One of the most important things questioning does is to enable people of all ages to think and act in the face of uncertainty.The act of forming questions helps us to organise our thinking around what we don’t know.
When we question authority, we ask:
“Am I being respected?”
“Is this fair?”
“What is the reasoning behind this?”
Questioning authority is asking yourself or a person in power why something is happening, and whether it should be happening. This is very different from disrespecting authority, because when you disrespect authority, you are not asking any questions.
Questioning authority is what instigates change and is what moves the world forward, if you teach your kids to question authority, you teach them to fight back against those who are taking advantage of them.
Encourage them. When they know how to question and to reason, they will be more likely to face authorities who will not always want the best for them, the way their parents do. Kids who question authority grow up to be the people who create change.