I co-created Blue's Clues. Working on the show didn't make parenting easier, but I did learn from Steve's pause.

The author is a co-creator of Blue's Clues. Courtesy of Angela Santomero I spent my career studying how children learn. Raising my kids taught me that kids don't need us to have all the answers. They need us to stop, listen, and trust them to find their own voices. Before I became a mother, I thought I knew a lot about children. I had a master's degree in child development and instructional technology and media. I had spent years studying how young children learned , processed information, and obtained mastery over a concept. When I co-created Blue's Clues , we wanted a show built around one simple but groundbreaking idea: kids learn best when they are active participants. Steve would look directly into the camera, ask a question, and then, he would wait. That pause became one of the most important parts of the show.