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Kids may need more help finding answers to their questions in the information age

  • Written by Hailey Gibbs, Doctoral Research Fellow of Human Development and Quantitative Methodology, University of Maryland
Finding accurate answers can be harder than it used to be.Odua Images/Shutterstock.com

Children ask lots of questions. Even before children can put together words, they point at things that they want to learn about.

Some are easy enough to answer – “What’s that animal?” or “Can I drink your beer?” Others like...

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