But it’s fair to point out that just because we can find the information doesn’t mean that a Google search should be our default. Alec Couros, associate professor at the University of Regina, shared in a blog post about how his immediate inclination to look up answers to his son’s questions actually curbed their wonder and curiosity. After finding the answer, he realized, We no longer had to wonder. I did that entirely wrong. At the very least, I could have asked my boy, “Well, which do you think, son?” perhaps followed by, “So why do you think that?” But I didn’t. And because I didn’t, I
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