In our more challenging moments, we don’t always know how to meet a child’s sense of wonder: ‘Why does the moon follow me? Can a chair be sad? What’s behind the sky?’ As adults, it’s not always easy to see through their eyes. We’re busy. We’re practical. We understand how the world turns. But children’s questions aren’t without purpose - they’re reminders of something we’ve forgotten: nothing is normal, the world is still mysterious, still worth marveling at. When we engage with the questions of small children, we are given a chance, even briefly, to step out of our world and into theirs. It’s a more curious lens on life, that we can all nurture when we slow down enough to listen. | | | | | Why We Should Hold Hands With A Small Child We rarely notice how much we’ve stopped noticing — until we walk beside a small child. What slows us down for their sake may be exactly what we needed: a return to presence, attention, and feeling. | | | | | What A Child's Drawing Says About Us Children’s drawings are filled with the imagination and optimism we lose over time. This article explores how their creativity reveals the gentler parts of ourselves we’ve neglected, and why reconnecting with them matters. | | | Many of us struggle to feel ‘present’ with our surroundings, unable to take pleasure in the world outside. These playful prompts are designed to rekindle our sense of awe for daily life – and help us notice what we’ve learned to ignore. | | Older children often go quiet as their inner worlds change. It can be hard to know what they’re thinking. This set of questions offers a way in: to ease the tension and help to rebuild conversations where we struggle to get any answers. | | | When children ask big questions – about time, space, or life itself – we’re not always sure how to respond. We feel far from how they see the world, yet we know their curiosity is something to protect. The latest in our best-selling children’s series, Big Ideas From Science helps us stay with their questions. It shows how asking “why?” has led to some of the most important breakthroughs in history – and why curiosity is something to nurture, not outgrow. Get a free gift with every purchase - until Oct 8. | | | A child’s curiosity isn’t just a way of learning – it’s an invitation to notice, to feel, to reconnect. Their questions offer us something rare: a chance to leave the weight of our own world and step, even briefly, into theirs. | | | |
