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    Empowering Children

    Asking questions is a technique to promote self-confidence for children. Practice replacing statements and directives with questions to encourage thinking skills.

    1

    True or False.
    Asking children questions is a technique to encourage thinking skills.

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    Which scenario will empower a child to further develop self-confidence vs. relying on adult directives for all situations:
    1.) telling the child what needs to be done to resolve a problem; or
    2.) ask the child what their plan is to resolve a problem.

    3

    How do asking questions assist children to think more?

    4

    True or False.
    Asking questions gives the child complete control of the situation.

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    Why does the technique of asking questions benefit children?