Raising Critical Thinkers

Outline

Raising Critical Thinkers (2022) gives parents practical ways to help children think for themselves in a world full of information and opinions. Julie Bogart explains how to encourage curiosity, help kids examine their own assumptions, understand different viewpoints, and evaluate sources carefully. With activities for different ages, the book shows how everyday conversations, reading, and play can build strong thinking skills.

• Children need to learn to think for themselves in a world full of information and competing opinions.
• Parents can encourage curiosity so that children keep asking questions instead of simply accepting what they are told.
• Kids can be helped to examine their own assumptions before judging an idea or an issue.
• Understanding different viewpoints and checking sources carefully are skills children can practise from a young age.
• Everyday conversations, reading, and play can build strong thinking skills, with activities suited to different ages.

Julie Bogart is an American author, educator, and the founder of Brave Writer, a popular writing and language arts programme for families and homeschoolers. She has spent decades helping parents teach children to write and think with confidence. Her books include The Brave Learner and Raising Critical Thinkers.