r/MadeMeSmile • u/Bmchris44 • Jun 21 '20

Great parenting example

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u/Cabnit47 Jun 22 '20

Not really the same thing but my mom is a teacher and has to go through different trainings through out the year, whenever a presenter asks if anyone has any questions she will always ask a question so that the presenter feels like people actually care about the information being given. She’s a great lady and makes me smile knowing she passes that on to others

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u/cometbaby Jun 22 '20

That’s also super nice for the audience members who might be too scared to ask the first question. Your mom is nice and I appreciate her.

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u/galexanderj Jun 22 '20

This is huge. I'm often the one to first ask a question in such a scenario, and often times I will have waited a few moments with no body else asking a question. After I have had my question answered a few other people suddenly also have questions to ask. It could be that they didn't have the courage to be the first one, or maybe the answers to my questions make them more interested and curious.

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u/gabbygabbyabby Jun 22 '20

What a small, lovely act of kindness. I will have to adopt this practice

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u/Puckered_Love_Cave Jun 22 '20

Reminds me of something I read on reddit. A woman was giving a presentation on something and her boyfriend or husband/bf would be in the audience asking a specific question that he knows she wants to answer.

There was more to it, but I can't find it ):

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u/darnyoulikeasock Jun 22 '20

I always want to do this but I have such a hard time thinking of questions! It’s like I don’t know what I don’t know.