Children who are not suppressed ask innumerable questions, some intelligent, others quite the reverse. These questions are often wearisome, and sometimes inconvenient. But they must be answered truthfully, to the best of your ability. … Tell him rather more than he can understand, not rather less ; the part he fails to understand will stimulate his curiosity and his intellectual ambition.
Source: Bertrand Russell: On Education, especially in early childhood, 1926, Pt. 2： Education of character, chap. 8: Truthfulness
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Children raised according to Russell's idea (or assertion) are certain to grow into individuals brimming with intellectual curiosity. However, how many people are truly able to put Russell's advice into practice with their own children, or have actually succeeded in doing so? That said, it seems that such advice might come more naturally when dealing with grandchildren.
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Source: Bertrand Russell: On Education, especially in early childhood, 1926, Pt. 2： Education of character, chap. 8: Truthfulness
More info.： https://russell-j.com/beginner/OE08-070.HTM
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Children raised according to Russell's idea (or assertion) are certain to grow into individuals brimming with intellectual curiosity. However, how many people are truly able to put Russell's advice into practice with their own children, or have actually succeeded in doing so? That said, it seems that such advice might come more naturally when dealing with grandchildren.
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