My son asked my wife yesterday "why do we have to obey adults". He is almost 7.

As a child, I never had the opportunity to ask those questions. I knew why - Koboko.

My wife explained that she was older and had been his age before was there to guide him to know what's best.
We encourage our kids to ask questions about anything and not feel uncomfortable. We have never spanked them and I try hard not to raise my voice. I spoke to my wife about raising her voice always and it was what led to the conversation with the boy. It is hard but rewarding.
I was listening to @neiltyson on @joerogan show this morning about how we make the mistake of not allowing people ask the right questions because of the names given. Something like "Dark Matter" dooms people not to think of it as Gravity but Mass. It sunk deep.
The way we raise our kids now will determine how they function in the future. If they are not openly curious, they will be secretly experimenting. That was what we did in our time. I actually made gunpowder and nitroglycerin and almost killed myself by accident.
That secret curiosity made me try so many things that my parents were not aware of. I remember the first time I went out with my friends drinking in town. We were all drunk and driving. The car ran into an electric pole. We barely survived. I pray my kids learn to be better.
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