Harsh Swaminarayan

How to minimize unnecessary interference in our children’s learning:

My 2.5 year old daughter was playing and exploring a torch


In the excitement to engage with her and teach her something in a fun way, my wife interrupted her flow state of exploration and learning to show her “point and go” game with the torch


My daughter loved it


After sometime I told my wife, it was a great game but I’d introduce that game after my daughter has finished exploring the torch on her own and was about to move on


That way, my daughter would have gotten the opportunity to discover the game on her own or something else which we can’t imagine


Parenting and teaching is intervention, but when to intervene must be given at least a small pause and some thought


(h/t Harpreet Singh Grover , The Curious Parent)