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How to Teach Your Child to Think Critically: Experts Reveal Secrets
08.04.2024 13:14
Critical thinking is one of the important factors in the development of a complete personality.
People with a high level of intelligence have this feature.
However, this quality can be developed from an early age.
What tricks will help with this?
Teach how to work with information
We have never encountered such a problem before, but in the modern world it is becoming increasingly difficult to find reliable information.
Children can accept anything on faith.
Therefore, it is necessary to teach them how to work with information correctly, experts note.
Explain that all facts should be checked before believing something.
The opinion must be supported by arguments.
You can't just make a statement and not provide evidence to support your position. Only people who don't understand logic do that.
So allow your child to argue with you.
In the process of such interaction, children will learn to prove their rightness and defend their personal opinion. However, the emphasis should be on arguments.
All actions have consequences
This important rule should also be taught as early as possible. Therefore, even punishment should be done correctly. Explain that a misdemeanor will inevitably be followed by a series of unpleasant events.
Earlier we talked about why a child might lose interest in studying .
