Reasonable Next Question

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Three months ago I was driving my 4-and-a-half year old home from a day with her Grandparents, and she suddenly had questions about God.  I answered them as reasonably and openly as I could without forcing an ideology on her, even my own. Within 3 minutes she got to this above logical conclusion from asking pointed questions in this direction.  I agreed her logic was reasonable.  My four and a half year old.

That moment alone made me recognize how early everyone's mind should be capable of deep thought, but how early indoctrination starts to mold the brain. If she had someone in the driver's seat that wasn't willing to allow any next question with honest open-ended responses, everything changes. She doesn't get to chase honest questions. If I just forced some ideology down her brain at that moment, or distracted her with some overconfident BS answer, she doesn't get to understand that not knowing something is okay. That honest open-ended questions are normal and reasonable and important. She doesnt get told some false Black/White narrative to make the world a simpler place at the sake of nuance and honesty.

And she leads herself on her own honest questioning journey.

It was a huge win this post reminded me of.