Why Kids Love Engineering

Naturally, children are curious and it is often in the direction of their curiosity that we will see their passions emerge. If we’re being totally frank, for parents, the bombardment of questions from our beloved children can become stressful at times. When we’re just trying to cook a meal or build a piece of furniture, providing the answers to all of our child's questions may not always be too easy. However, nurturing their curiosity often feeds their interests even more! It may lead to us parents having to lean on Google at times, but we do it for our little love, right?

So what can the questions from our kids tell us about their future? Well, you might notice that children’s questions, whether really broad, or really specific can travel in various directions. Say you give your children a toy car for example. One child may be really intrigued in the colours, the design of the car. The make, the finish, the beauty. Another may choose to pull it apart almost immediately to understand the why behind what makes it move. Both these behaviours in our children can tell us a great deal about their interests. If we were to make a prediction about both children, it may be said that the first child would lean towards a focus on the art, whereas the second child… the engineering.