> I'm not convinced that kids learn lessons like these better when it's spelled out for them. Exactly. Yes there is a time to spell things out, but by and lar

> I'm not convinced that kids learn lessons like these better when it's spelled out for them. Exactly. Yes there is a time to spell things out, but by and large, kids learn by emulation. That's why the cliché "do as I say, not what I do" fails. And more generally, that applies to adults as well. Most of us pick up more knowledge and life lessons from those who live it, than from explicit teaching. Sure a dump of information is good here and there at various stages of the mastery process, but that's a minority in the journey.