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Want To Talk Politics With Your Little Thinker?

No, you don’t have to bring up current events or any specific political figures in order to chat about politics with a young mind. Start with fun activities like these, that deal with bigger concepts, and as your child gets older, they’ll have a good, solid foundation for more detailed, complicated discussions.

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The Importance of Changing Our Minds

Changing our minds is about being open to new ideas or ways of doing things. It’s being curious and flexible enough to give new ideas a chance, while still being critical and skeptical before accepting and adopting them. Changing our minds involves being nimble, adaptable, and willing to see and evaluate all kinds of possibilities. It’s knowing when it’s justified to hold onto something, and when it’s necessary to let go of it.

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Talking Peace with Kids

Peace is something we long for all year round, really, but it seems to be baked into the holiday season. With current world events, it’s even more prominent in our minds, and at times like these, it feels like it’s in short supply. If it’s difficult for an adult to get their head around a huge concept like peace, we can imagine how a kid feels.

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5 Things No Thinker (Even A Big One) Should Be Afraid Of

Our kids seem fine with them, even delighted by them. Well, we’re supposed to be the smart ones, the ones in charge, the ones who always know what’s what and what to do. That’s an awful lot of pressure, and perhaps an unattainable goal. Maybe we should open ourselves up as thinkers, give ourselves a break, and set an example for our littles. And maybe wonderful adventures in thinking will happen.

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Help Your Kid Avoid Boo-Boos in Thinking

There’s a myth floating around out there that in philosophy, there are no right or wrong answers. It’s understandable, but not quite accurate. Free thinking isn’t just a free-for-all There are rules for good thinking, and things to avoid. It may be true that there isn’t just one right or wrong answer, but there are definitely some that are better than others, and these ones have no (or at least fewer) mistakes in logic.

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What’s Summer For?

They’re all good uses of two months off, but it’s really important to note that for a kid, learning doesn’t stop when school finishes. They may not be keen to do math worksheets and grammar exercises, but they do eventually (sometimes quickly) get bored if they aren’t kept engaged and thinking. Summer is the perfect time to brush up on and build thinking skills, and your kid doesn’t even have to know they’re doing it.

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When Ignoring Is A Useful Skill

Critical thinking is one of the most important skills you foster in a kid. You could even go as far as saying it’s a survival skill for the 21st century. However, given the sheer volume of information floating around out there (and given the fact that the pile keeps getting bigger), critical thinking on its own may not be enough anymore.

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