Dear Suze Q. My college-age daughter is so naive she thinks influencers are a final authority, even after knowing what a wreck or imposter they are in their real life. She's on our payroll 100% and agreed to a home course that the whole family will do for an hour a week to teach critical thinking. Ideas?
Dear Critical and Practical Dad, Terrific plan! In the olden days we taught our children how to budget and balance a check book. Today's youth needs to budget their digital time with real world interactions, and balance interacting with friends/family versus influencers/con artists/bad actors. So, back to basics with learning how to survive in the overwhelming and scary world that came with the miracles of the internet. Critical thinking requires a structured approach to problem-solving and decision-making. Follow these steps: 1. ID the problem (be specific); 2. Collect facts (verified by 2-3 independent sources); 3. Analyze facts (patterns, bias/opinion v facts, weigh importance); 4. Develop several solutions, and pros/cons of each; 5. Make a decision; 6. Implement the decision; 7. Evaluate the outcome. -SQ
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