TPP 378: Julie Bogart on Helping Kids Become Critical Thinkers
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Full-Tilt Parenting: Strategies, Insights, and Connection for Parents Raising Neurodivergent Children
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Why is critical thinking essential for kids in today’s information‑rich world?
You give your child either the capacity to tell you what other information they need. You give them an opportunity to experiment. You give them the opportunity to not believe your authority just because you said it. And this is a way that we start to establish in a family that thinking matters, not cooperation. Now, you can't do this every day for every meal, for every conversation. Sometimes you just gotta buckle a kid in a car seat and not discuss why it matters and what they don't like about the buckle. But I do recognize. recommend doing this several times a month if you can, because this is what lays the foundation for them to value their own reasoning process.
I'm Debbie Rieber and welcome to Tilt Parenting, a podcast featuring interviews and conversations aimed at inspiring, informing, and supporting parents raising differently wired kids. In a world overflowing with information and complexity, critical thinking isn't just a useful skill, it's an essential life raft. From navigating complex interactions to making informed decisions, our kids need the ability to think critically now. now more than ever. But what does that really mean? And how can we as parents nurture this skill in our children? I invited author and brave writer founder Julie Bogart back to the show to help us answer these questions and to talk about her new book, Becoming a Critical Thinker, a workbook to help students think well in an age of disinformation.
In this conversation, we got into so many things. As you'll hear, I could have talked to Julie for Hours. But for this episode, you can expect to hear Julie's thoughts on how and why we can foster critical thinking in our children, how considering multiple perspectives and incorporating diverse viewpoints leads to better problem solving, what parents can do to encourage self-awareness, open mindedness, and curiosity, and so much more. I hope you're familiar with Julie from our last episode, but in case you aren't, here Here's a little bit more about her. Julie Bogart is known for her common sense parenting and education advice. She's the author of the beloved book, The Brave Learner, which has brought joy and freedom to countless home educators.
Her book, Raising Critical Thinkers, offers parents a lifeline in navigating the complex digital world our kids are confronting. And of course, Julie is also the creator of the award-winning innovative online writing program called. called Brave Rider, now 22 years old and serving 191 countries. But for now I'm gonna stop with the introductions and get to the episode because it's just so good. I hope you enjoy it. Hey Julie, welcome back to the podcast. It's so good to be here and nice to see you again. It's nice to see you too. I'm really excited to get into this. When you were on the show probably a year ago now, maybe more, we talked about moving through writing resistance. And I'm just gonna say right now, listeners, that was such a good conversation.
I got so much feedback from that. And if you haven't heard it, go back and listen to that. But at the time, I was Like, oh, I really want to talk about your work on raising critical thinkers. And that's what we're gonna do today. I guess as a way to start, I would love to just talk about the landscape of critical thinking. And I'm curious to know why you are so drawn to that. Why is that the thing that you feel so passionate about?
Sharing with the world. Yeah, you know, a lot of people assume that it's because of our current political climate or just the contentiousness of this era in history where we're so globally connected and everybody has a say online. But for me, it really did start back in the 1990s and it did coincide with the dawn of the internet for me.
How did Julie’s early experiences on 1990s discussion boards shape her view of authority and thinking?
I was participating on a discussion board with other Their home school mothers. Women who are very similar to me. We were stay-at-home moms, we were white, we were heterosexual and married, we are of the same political and religious background, largely, and yet we still got into these massive bloodbath fights.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
Why is critical thinking essential for kids in today’s information‑rich world?
0:00–3:48
2
How did Julie’s early experiences on 1990s discussion boards shape her view of authority and thinking?
3:48–9:48
3
What problems arise from a traditional “authority‑wins” education model?
9:48–17:17
4
How can parents shift from obedience‑based parenting to encouraging self‑awareness and curiosity?
17:17–23:41
5
What is the structure of the *Becoming a Critical Thinker* workbook and how does it develop thinking skills?
23:41–30:19
6
How does perspective‑taking through acting help neurodivergent kids expand their thinking?
30:19–37:54
7
Why is media literacy and source vetting crucial in the age of AI and disinformation?
37:54–44:52
8
What practical steps can families take right now to nurture critical thinkers at home?
44:52–45:22
Speakers
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