![Lots of things shouldn't be done, because they're unsafe. This includes spoon feeding answers.](https://lane8.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/12.25.20111067.jpg)
Often as a parent, I insist on our son telling me the answer to the really important issues. If he can’t tell me what I believe is crystal clear and blindingly obvious, then he doesn’t understand it yet. And telling him will not help him understand it. Ever.
Insight: Telling an answer only lets people know it. It rarely helps them understand it. Knowing and understanding are not the same. Period.
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