Do me a favor.

Quit making fun of people (of any age but especially kids) who ask genuine questions.

I have to pull questions out of adults now because at some point someone made fun of them for being curious.

It's not embarrassing to learn, you shouldn't feel guilty for thinking of a question and asking an expert.

You should feel happy that you are still curious about the universe.

Make learning a positive experience? Please?

@Quenby

Absolutely!

In an art gallery might be a painting of a bowl of fruit.

A child (or anyone!) spots and points out one of the peaches or grapes is going wrinkly and rotten. Or sees the artist painted a fly crawling on an apple.

That's the start of an important discussion in an art history class ... a really important topic!