My father taught me basic logic and philosophy as soon as I started school. He encouraged me to question authority. It made school "interesting" sometimes, but I had my parents support.
FWIW, I started with this long before school. I would urge all parents to start with bedtime stories, and reading together time at a very early age, by asking questions of your child about what is really going on. "The Three Little Pigs," are quite good at getting at the dominant, colonial mindset that says making your house out of ready to hand, and natural material is bad. Bricks and mortar, good! And it also pushes the view that all wild animals are out to get you.
I raised my daughter to be a good rebel and failed miserably. She’s highly intelligent, has a good job, etc, but rather than watching geopolitics online, she prefers watching videos of puppies. She thinks I’m over-the-top.
Luckily I sense the rebel instinct in my 13-year -old granddaughter and strongly encourage her to embrace it.
My father taught me basic logic and philosophy as soon as I started school. He encouraged me to question authority. It made school "interesting" sometimes, but I had my parents support.
FWIW, I started with this long before school. I would urge all parents to start with bedtime stories, and reading together time at a very early age, by asking questions of your child about what is really going on. "The Three Little Pigs," are quite good at getting at the dominant, colonial mindset that says making your house out of ready to hand, and natural material is bad. Bricks and mortar, good! And it also pushes the view that all wild animals are out to get you.
Hi David
I raised my daughter to be a good rebel and failed miserably. She’s highly intelligent, has a good job, etc, but rather than watching geopolitics online, she prefers watching videos of puppies. She thinks I’m over-the-top.
Luckily I sense the rebel instinct in my 13-year -old granddaughter and strongly encourage her to embrace it.