• echo@lemmy.todayEnglish
    1132·
    17 hours ago

    Not a fan… Let’s quit degrading parenthood and disparaging children for wanting to learn.

    I always loved it when my children asked questions. I was always happy to answer them and explain as many ways as needed because I didn’t want to have stupid children. They’re now very responsible, thoughtful, intelligent adults.

      • echo@lemmy.todayEnglish
        13·
        5 hours ago

        Would it be good meme if it were racist or sexist? We can choose to be better. We can also choose to be MAGA. Choose wisely…

    • cynar@lemmy.worldEnglish
      371·
      16 hours ago

      As a parent myself, the constant stream of questions can get absolutely exhausting. Awesome, but exhausting.

      We still answer as many as we can, but that doesn’t change the empathy for Yoda.

        • axh@lemmy.worldEnglish
          141·
          14 hours ago

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

          • remotelove@lemmy.caEnglish
            5·
            8 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
              1·
              25 minutes 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
            22·
            14 hours ago

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

            • Tolookah@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
              6·
              12 hours ago

              At bed time? Yes. When I’m asleep in bed and they wake up and want to snuggle at 5am? Definitely.

              Any other time? I encourage the questions and chatter.

        • RustySharp@programming.devEnglish
          71·
          12 hours 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…