In the room
Why? Why? Why?
Causal maps being drawn in real time.
What is actually happening
Preoperational minds are installing cause. 'Why' is not a stall tactic every time. It is how the universe gets labeled. Some loops are also connection-seeking — the rally is the point.
Do
- Answer one layer honestly, then toss it back: 'What do you think?'
- When you don't know, look it up together. That models intellectual humility
- If it is a loop, name the need: 'You want me close. I can sit with you without the twentieth why'
Don't
- 'Because I said so' as the only physics textbook in the house
What to say
- The moon looks like it's following us because it's so far away. Want to guess why the stars don't?
The scaffold
Turn why into an experiment: 'Let's see what happens if we put ice in the sun.'