Laura

“A healthy education expands how a child sees their identity as one among many in the multifaceted world they inhabit.”
― Julie Bogart, Raising Critical Thinkers: A Parent's Guide to Growing Wise Kids in the Digital Age

“Hope is a practice that requires us to continuously choose to look within ourselves and our communities for answers, while also creating boundaries that permit us to have unspoiled moments and spaces for joy. We can reverse a hopelessness spiral through the compounding and life-affirming effects of empathy, togetherness, and community.”
― Sami Sage, Democracy in Retrograde: How to Make Changes Big and Small in Our Country and in Our Lives

“habit you can cultivate with your kids, then, is to read laterally. Anytime they reference a book or a website, ask them: What else do you know about the organization? Who are their experts? What standing does that writer have in their field?”
― Julie Bogart, Raising Critical Thinkers: A Parent's Guide to Growing Wise Kids in the Digital Age

“Writing that doesn’t raise red flags but demonstrates CACAO—currency, accuracy, coverage, authority, objectivity—means you’re using your critical thinking skills at a high level in your reading and research.”
― Julie Bogart, Raising Critical Thinkers: A Parent's Guide to Growing Wise Kids in the Digital Age