A few days ago, a controversial article appeared in the media saying that nearly 90% of the world’s population can’t think.
This statement is from physician and philosopher Robert Swatz. Anyone who knows their work and the schools they run around the world knows that they not only want to worry parents, but help them show their children these learning techniques.
- This famous philosopher intends to highlight some controversial facts from this article.
- Most people perceive events in a very subjective and rational way; we lose flexibility and the ability to think in a more critical and creative way.
It is possible that because of this more “vertical than lateral” thought approach we may have lost the spontaneity that would allow us, for example, to better manage daily stress and deal with everyday problems.
A thought that knows how to talk about emotions, that identifies, understands and prioritizes curiosity, critical sense and openness to everything around us, is a free thought capable of bringing us more happiness.
Not long ago we spoke in our pedagogy school in Maria Montessori, we can certainly use its teachings to stimulate the freedest and most creative thinking in children, but is the school as important for the education of our children as mothers, fathers, grandparents?
How about starting to apply these tips to teach children to think?
One serious mistake we see in today’s school education is that it treats children as equals, as if they have the same mindset and experiences. So, do we have serial spirits? And children who behave the same way.
We need to encourage the child to feel unique, special, and important; is a person who can learn a lot.
Children certainly have great potential to learn and explore, and as attentive parents we need to provide them with support and confidence from an early age, if they face every word, idea or question, feel supported and valued, they will feel safe to move forward. .
For them to learn to think, it’s critical that children learn how the world of emotions works. For example, developing empathy is a key to its development as “a sociable person. “
A thought that understands what sadness is and knows how to deal with it, that identifies anger and learns to channel it, is a wise thought because it can understand itself and others.
Children’s education begins around age 3 to 4, when they begin their school life, the education that teaches them to think begins from the time they reach the world.
A child who receives affection, who feels loved from birth, develops in his brain a type of emotional and social learning that is very important for his future.
Learning to be alone with yourself is another pillar of this mature and balanced thinking; they know what they want and make their own decisions.
They learn to think and think about the consequences before they speak; are independent, mature and avoid attachment and overprotection.
A safe child can be alone without anxiety
Offer them books, even if they can’t read. Let him touch, manipulate, and focus on the drawings. Later, when you learn to read, you’ll find it easier to imagine, reflect, and learn about different topics.
Don’t let the kids lose their? Inner child?As they get older. It is interesting to encourage activities that stimulate and stimulate your curiosity, so that they learn by having fun.
A creative child will be a free adult tomorrow. Develop your imagination, your willingness to learn and your curiosity.
Your child is not the way you want him to be; has a personality of its own that must be respected at all times.
Let him have his ideas and opinions, and argue. Don’t let him take a single view of the facts. If you’re studying a particular subject at school, encourage it to be critical, to seek other opinions and approaches.
Help him develop his active voice – so that you have your own opinions above all, and that your way of thinking is critical and flexible, not a “standard mind” – that gets carried away.
There is only one freedom: that of thought
? Antoine de Saint-Exupéry?