I think as a culture, we teach the wrong things to kids. 1) Bribe/corruption is okay: Do this (eat broccoli, finish homework, etc) and I'll give you an incenti

I think as a culture, we teach the wrong things to kids. 1) Bribe/corruption is okay: Do this (eat broccoli, finish homework, etc) and I'll give you an incentive/bribe (candy, play time, screen time). 2) Magic: Kids are scientific and curious, they ask millions of questions. Explain everything away by magic (fairytales), religion, god, govt, economics, etc. Nobody has the knowledge or patience to deal with the continuous stream of questions. We train kids to accept these things as defaults of culture. The only parent that comes to mind who seems to have understood this is Richard Feynman's dad who taught him to think like a scientist, question authority, etc: https://www.wondersofphysics.com/2021/06/what-did-feynman-learn-from-his-father.html https://www.wondersofphysics.com/2021/06/what-did-feynman-le...