My 6 year old son is a thinker like me. When he doesn’t understand or know the answer to a question, he will theorize one. I feel this is a great quality except, he will explain these theorizes to me as if they are fact. If I respond and say, “That’s a great explanation! I can see why you’d think that. Did you know that we usually see lightening before thunder is because light travels to our eyes faster than sound travels to our ears?” This is where he problem is. He will insist I am wrong and that his idea and not the facts are true. It seems as though he believes any thing he thinks or any ideas he has are fact. I’ve tried to explain to him that it’s a better skill to be able to listen and consider what someone else is explaining than it is to know everything but it doesn’t seem to help. He still insists he is right. Aside from the obvious issue, it can also occasional cause problems at home. For instance, this morning he saw a squirrel near detached garage and told me he found out where the squirrels lived and showed me the hole. I replied, “They probably could fit in there, huh? But these squirrels live in nests in the trees.” He insisted it lived in this hole. He then tells his father this, who already had anxiety about bird feeders we put out this summer because the squirrels occasionally eat from them and is paranoid they’re going to destroy the house (the bird feeders are far out in our acre yard). I try to explain to him that our son just thinks that and eastern tree squirrels do not live in the ground and took a bit convincing to remind him of our sons tendencies to believe thoughts as fact.I’m not sure if this is typical 6 year old behavior as he’s our only child. I’d love to hear your feedback!tl;dr 6 year old son believes all of his thoughts and ideas are fact and won’t listen when we correct him via /r/Parenting https://ift.tt/2IJd4Ej
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