Understand: A Book About Knowing and Not Knowing

Some questions don't have easy answers. Some don't have answers at all. And some answers sound true, but aren't.

Understand invites children to slow down, sit with uncertainty, and explore ideas from different angles. It helps them build intellectual humility, resist bad answers, and stay open-minded, even when it's tempting to jump to conclusions.

Research shows that children who can tolerate not knowing - and who learn to say "maybe" or "I don't know" - are better critical thinkers, more op...