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The importance of interest and curiosity in learning

“Study hard what interests you the most in the most undisciplined, irreverent and original manner possible.” 
― Richard Feynmann

I'm the proud father of three young children. Since they were born parenting has become somewhat of a hobby for me. In this blog I intend to share various information about parenting that I think might be useful to other parents who share my philosophy about raising children.

I should declare that don't have any certified training in early childhood development. But how many parents can say they do? Before I had children, I can honestly say I had no interest in child development but this leads me to my main point: we learn best those things which interest us.

Along with filling our child's lives with security, mouths with food and hearts with love, one of the most important responsibilities as a parent is to fill their minds with knowledge.

I don't believe that I've been gifted with any special talents in life. In fact, most people are born with more or less the same potential. But what I do know is that learning was never difficult when I was interested, engaged, and curious about the subject. On the contrary, it was laborious and difficult when my curiosity was not sparked.

If it's a parents job to fill their child's mind with knowledge, and if interest and curiosity are the keys to making learning easy, then a parent will do well by sparking the interest and curiosity in their children.

I've always loved teaching. I hope that these blog series will inspire you to become interested and curious in parenting, as I have. And I hope they will facilitate you to raise interested and curious children.

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