their kids ‘Did you learn anything today?’ [my mother ] would say, ‘Izzy, did you ask a good question today?’” Clayton Christensen thinks parents can help their kids be more inquisitive by posing what if questions “that invite children to think deeply about the world around them.” But Christensen thinks it’s also important to encourage kids to solve problems in a hands-on way, via challenging household tasks and chores. That worked for IDEO cofounder David Kelley. His career as a problem-solving designer was forged in a childhood home where “if the washing machine broke, you went and tried to
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