In my younger days, I was a Beaver leader. Beavers are Boy Scouts in the 5-6 age group. They are not empty headed. They are extremely inquisitive and easily und

In my younger days, I was a Beaver leader. Beavers are Boy Scouts in the 5-6 age group. They are not empty headed. They are extremely inquisitive and easily understand things that are surprising to adults. I would even say on average, their observational skills are better than those seen in adulthood. They're still young enough to have not had every question they ever hear from an adult as something they'll be graded on yet. Pass or Fail. So when they don't know, they tell you and hope that you'll tell them or guide them to the right answer. I personally believe this pressure in older kids and adults alike, to not FAIL (ie: not know the expected answer) is because of the way school tends to turn everything into a binary test. We are literally taught to avoid "I don't know."