Have you sometimes felt like I have on the correlation between parenting, teaching etc and knowing it all? Most parents (especially Nigerian parents) always know-it-all. They have all the experience and all, but isn't it funny how they never want to be wrong? Im not trying to be brat. Parenting isn't easy, but I want to be a better parent. I'm not writing for parents specifically. Prarenting just happens to be the closest example to me. We can also talk about Lecturers, your superior in the office, your girl friend/boyfriend, course mate; know-it-alls are every were and they can be so really irritating.
My girl friend once complained that am ITK( the Nigerian word for know-it-all) I don't know how true that was but I consciously made a decision not be one. An encounter in church with one of them really helped me not to desire it for anything.
I learnt a nice lesson while attending a Sunday school preview session. Our director said "being a teacher doesn't mean you have to know it all. If a student asks a question you don't have an answer to, simply tell him you dont have the answer at the moment but you would find it and get back to him. " There is so much wisdom in such a response.
Knowing and accepting that you don't know is more important than pretending to know-it-all. It will help in your growth process and becoming a better you.
