One of the few times it does make sense to fight fire with fire is when it comes to questions.
The other day, my 7-year-old niece asked me a question. “Immobu, how hot is lava?” Rather than simply answer, I said “why do you ask?” What could have been a simple question-answer exchange turned into an interesting conversation about how volcanoes form, where they form, earthquakes, and many other things.
Often the real learning lies a few layers beneath the first question.