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My Question of the Day for 07 December 2010
My Question of the Day: You ask a group of people to give you advice on how to handle a very grown-up issue. The best and sound advice comes from an 11-year-old who is in the group with his/her parent(s). Would the age of the responder determine whether you gave the advice serious thought?
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Wisdom can comes from any source. I don’t ignore sage advice from anyone, regardless of age. In fact, a child’s perspective can be better than an adult’s because many people get very fixed in their one way of thinking as they age, and so are unable to look at a situation objectively. In that respect, a young person’s fresh eyes are an advantage.
(Caveat: I’m assuming that this “very grown-up issue” is not something inappropriate to discuss in front of a child in the first place.)
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LikeDislikeNo common sense has no age limit. I would take the advice.
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LikeDislikeNope. If it was sound advice, I’d definitely listen. My child is 13y/o. She’s got advice that older ppl would never EVER think of and it’s not dumb adolescent stuff either. It doesn’t matter if the advice comes from an 11 yr old or an 81 yr old, if it’s sound, heart-felt, and helpful, I’m paying attention.
(Although, I’d wanna know why the 11 yr old was in the grown-up mix anyway, but that’s another question.)
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LikeDislikeRT @faydra_deon: 10. My Question of the Day: You ask a group of people to give you advice on how to handle a very grown http://myqotd.com/2010/12/07/my-question…
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LikeDislikeNope. The dumbest people I know are adults. Only an adult would use a credit card with an APR of 25%. Try telling a kid you’ll give them candy, but they’ll have to give you back the candy plus 25% more candy. They’ll look at you with apprehensively, and know immediately that they are being swindled. People always assume we get smarter or wiser with age. Some adults are infants in big bodies. I’ve know many that peaked in high school. It was all a downward spiral from there. Many children are smarter and more cultured than adults. Watch an episode of ‘Are you smarter than a 5th grader’ for confirmation. I’ll take sound advice from anyone, as long as it’s sound. I have a 12 year old niece. I think she’s smarter than half the people in my family with post graduate degrees…lol
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LikeDislikeDisclaimer: I’m a mom of a couple of 11 year olds AND a 10 yr old (twins & a bonus) I live this question on the daily. (Smile).
My response: The age of the responder wouldn’t make me think twice about it. I live on the premise that there is a solution to every problem & sometimes life experience causes a person to over think a problem and drift further away from a plausible solution. A young mind may provide a fresh perspective and perhaps, a solution.
Great question.
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