Raising Critical Thinkers

A Parent's Guide to Growing Wise Kids in the Digital Age

By: Julie Bogart, Barbara Oakley - introduction

Narrated by: Julie Bogart, Nancy Linari

A guide for parents to help children of all ages process the onslaught of unfiltered information in the digital age.

Education is not solely about acquiring information and skills across subject areas, but also about understanding how and why we believe what we do. At a time when online media has created a virtual firehose of information and opinions, parents and teachers worry how students will interpret what they read and see. Amid the noise, it has become increasingly important to examine different perspectives with both curiosity and discernment. But how do parents teach these skills to their children?

Drawing on more than twenty years’ experience homeschooling and developing curricula, Julie Bogart offers practical tools to help children at every stage of development to grow in their ability to explore the world around them, examine how their loyalties and biases affect their beliefs, and generate fresh insight rather than simply recycling what they’ve been taught. Full of accessible stories and activities for children of all ages, Raising Critical Thinkers helps parents to nurture passionate learners with thoughtful minds and empathetic hearts.


* This audiobook includes a downloadable PDF that contains exercises from the book.

Lots of valuable tools

I didn’t enjoy listening to this book as much as I enjoyed reading it. Either way, though, the author has many valid points on ways to develop critical thinking and how we can teach ourselves and our children to be better situated for discussion & open mindedness.

Useful for all parents out there

Loved the ideas for activities and discussion points that we as parents can use to engage with our children.

fantastic content, fantastic narrator

Must listen! Well researched. Julie Bogart's work is a must read/listen. And I love the way she narrates.

The Education Panacea We All Needed

So many helpful ideas for each age group with ideal new strategies for embracing life!

Fascinating and engaging!

As a Mom and a Professional Mediator, Bogart's information in this book, is imparative for teaching students to engage in effective thought and empathy. The activities she provides in the book are priceless. She provides tangible ways to access valid data when problem solving and helps to navigate the bombardment of information. I will be using this book as a resource for years to come.