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Raising Critical Thinkers: A Parent's Guide to Growing Wise Kids in the Digital Age by Julie Bogart
thereadingritual's review against another edition
Content for kids 5+. Will try again in a few years.
mnstucki's review
4.0
Long story short: It will take a lot of work to both reparent ourselves and parent our children as critical thinkers, but it will be so worth it. Bogart includes a lot of activities to help along the way, most of which are divided up according to the age groups they are appropriate for. This is definitely the type of book I can see myself revisiting over and over again as my kids grow.
themartinmama's review against another edition
challenging
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
4.0
One I am already checking out again to write down critical thinking exercises to try with our kids!
sarahbowling6608's review
1.0
I have read several nonfiction books that I really enjoyed this year, so I started this one with a hopeful heart. Maybe I’m just not a critical thinker, but I really struggled with this book. It spun my brain in circles and the whole time I was reading it I had the feeling that something was off but I couldn’t quite put my finger on what. I tried to struggle through to the end but I gave up about three quarters of the way through when I realized having it hanging over my head was causing me to not read at all just to avoid it.
merryberries's review
5.0
I picked up this book to do some self-parenting and honestly, I think this should be required reading for all folks, not just parents. I loved the inclusion of practices and exercises that are relevant for a range of age groups (including adults). This is a book that doesn't tell you what to think (or what to tell your kids to think), but it does share tools to become a better thinker.
Who's telling the story? Who's not included? Am I willing to become more tolerant of being uncomfortable/experiencing new perspectives? Am I reading this book/article/what-have-you to understand it or to critique it? Am I able to differentiate between facts and opinions/interpretations? Am I being intentional about reading deeply? Where might my bias be playing a role in how I'm responding to this new perspective/idea?
This book was conversational and accessible in a way that many "philosophical thinking" books aren't. I definitely want to get a physical copy, and will be coming back to this book for tools and approaches.
Who's telling the story? Who's not included? Am I willing to become more tolerant of being uncomfortable/experiencing new perspectives? Am I reading this book/article/what-have-you to understand it or to critique it? Am I able to differentiate between facts and opinions/interpretations? Am I being intentional about reading deeply? Where might my bias be playing a role in how I'm responding to this new perspective/idea?
This book was conversational and accessible in a way that many "philosophical thinking" books aren't. I definitely want to get a physical copy, and will be coming back to this book for tools and approaches.
jlscrombie's review
3.0
The book is fine but heavy on explaining to the adult reader why and how to think critically. For me, none of this information was new, so reading it was tedious. I would have preferred more information about teaching critical thinking skills to children and fewer anecdotes from the author's life. She tends to use the same anecdotes throughout her work, and it gets a bit dull.
rebelqueen's review
2.0
Bogart uses this book to generalize public education. I, and a lot of teachers I know, do a lot of critical thinking activities in my classroom, but according to Bogart public education is just churning out mindless and passive automatons. There are a few good activities in this, but her obvious bias against public education was very off putting.