Quote:I want to draw him into thinking along more abstract lines of reason and into the large picture of humanity as a whole. Maybe he is too young for this as of yet, I don't know, but I feel I need to start somewhere, and I certainly do not expect his school to do it for me.
My oldest is 7. I don't remember who it was on these forums that said that children cannot reason. This person was wrong. My son is not too young to use his reasoning. What I do is that I am helping him practice his critical thinking skills by thinking outside the box. I squeeze in time for conversations every chance I get in the car on our way to school, before bed laying together, during dinner, while we cook together, etc. He knows he can let his mind wander off to find possibilities for and about everything, but to reach a conclusion he needs to have a good reason. I don't have to agree with it, but it must be a reason. This is a big thing at home. Sometimes, as he shares his thoughts and allows himself to take different thinking routes only to reach his theory about something, he tells me, "I know, I know. What is my reason?" I push it. I always counter his claims. Unless it goes along the lines of, "Mom, you're the best mom ever, because without you I would not have existed!" No arguing with that!
Anyway, he's only seven. To challenge them is not a bad thing. It's preparing them for success in the real world. It's never too early for this.
Pointing around: "Fuck you, fuck you, fuck you, you're cool, fuck you, I'm out!"
Half Baked
"Let the atheists come to me, and stop keeping them away, because the kingdom of heathens belongs to people like these." -Saint Bacon
Half Baked
"Let the atheists come to me, and stop keeping them away, because the kingdom of heathens belongs to people like these." -Saint Bacon
