Everything Stems From Childhood

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Children are naturally inquisitive, sometimes very intensely, because their brains are rapidly trying to map a world which is forever changing. The brain can react in hundreds of different ways to the vast range of scenarios it encounters. In a world where everything is brand-new and constantly changing, there will always be an element of uncertainty. A dopamine-driven hunger for information renders children insatiable in the search for answers to the miniscule word of ‘why’.

“Why?”

The much younger generation will constantly seek to understand the what, why, where, when, who and how behind everything to build their mental framework and start solid foundations in life, something which will put them in good stead for the future and a constant ‘manual’ to refer back to in times of uncertainty.

If you imagine now, it’s literally like being born again, for us readers, because the children we’re talking about have been born into this world for the very first time, this was us, many moons ago. It’s somewhat difficult to remember a time when we didn’t know al the answers, well, to the most basic of questions anyway.

The thirst for knowledge and gathering information at very early stages of life is certainly innate. Many can misconstrue this as annoyance, when in reality it’s an early fight for survival. It’s an evolutionary quality which is why humans have survived on this earth for hundreds of thousands of years.

As we begin to further navigate and explore the world, our senses are put to the test, as we’re almost dropped into an ‘active investigation’, namely ‘our life’. We’re pulled from pillar to post because our smell, taste, hearing, vision, & touch are all pushed to their boundaries in the search to understand inanimate objects, the outdoors, items of consumption, our fellow ‘man’ and everything else which crosses our paths.

“Why does the Earth spin around, Dad?”

Permeating Into Adulthood

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Nobody possesses 100% knowledge in life, but we certainly do build up an ‘inventory’ of staple answers to questions which provide us with solid foundations for our own and our families’ futures.

Children are fearless, because they cannot yet comprehend the full consequences and/or ramifications of their actions. They constantly ask why, without fear of judgement or being swayed by social pressures, because in their efforts to seek new information and answers, authenticity is at the heart, there is never a hidden agenda.

Social pressures are the primary cause of an avalanche-like decline in adult questioning and curiosity. The fear of judgment simply outweighs the satisfaction we might experience if we dared to question the in the first instance. For children, an absence of life experience creates obliviousness to the ‘dopamine-euphoria’ feeling that this line of questioning, and subsequent answers, brings; but they ask anyway.

There is simply nothing to lose – only a ‘puddle of knowledge’ waiting to be soaked up.