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[–] [email protected] 67 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Kids love this shit as long as you keep it at the ELI5 level and stop when they are done and lose interest. My kid will throw around words like "microorganism" and "bioaccumulation" because I actually explain biology concepts when he asks. The other day he had a question about atmospheric composition and he was absorbed for about 5-10 minutes, complete with looking at molecular diagrams, and then he was done and went off to make his Lego people fight each other with flamethrowers.

If you have knowledge, share it with kids and let them see you enjoying science. They absorb more than you might think.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Whenever I try this my kid will go "dad, please stop talking" and go back to his Legos immediately. Guess I need to work on my teaching skills.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 weeks ago

Haha I have one of these.

Them: how come most trees are green?

Me: Oh, well the leaves have s...

Them: OK goodbye

I also have another one that likes to hear all the details, and as a young kid they would ask me to explain stuff while they fell asleep.

Me: OK, sleeping time

Them: Can you tell me why we don't two suns while I lie down?

Me: oh, boy, well... [then I talk until they fall asleep]

I think they were about 3 or 4 when we did this.