Dad teaches 5-year-old the maze-solving trick, kid cries: 'you ruined mazes forever'
justalexoki · x · 2026-10-19
The author taught his 5-year-old the universal trick to solving mazes (work backward from the exit) — and the kid burst into tears because dad "ruined mazes forever." He jokes: infohazard?
A shareable parenting anecdote that echoes an old debate of the AI era: does seeing the method kill the joy of exploration?
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