Laura

“Teach your kids to ask these two questions: How’s the data measured? What are its benchmarks?”
― 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

“It may seem that only those already in power are the ones with the ability to make change, but democracy is a participation sport, and if we all take on one small part, we can make big changes.”
― Sami Sage, Democracy in Retrograde: How to Make Changes Big and Small in Our Country and in Our Lives

“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