And why?
2007-12-01 15:29:35 · 28 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
we should do this!
http://youtube.com/watch?v=P8Aq00yJSxo
2007-12-01 15:35:39 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
If you teach your child to think deductively, they may find it difficult to 'believe in' concepts that are arrived at inductively. An example would be 'End times theology', which is based on inductive logic. How can a person test conclusions that he has deduced, on the very end of events? Many materialists have difficulty with church dogma, precisely because of the 'way' they think, and not so much as 'what' they think.
The whole point of the 'Fall of man' saga, is that learning to test your ideas, is the cause of so many problems. And once you learn the deductive method of thinking, there aint no goin back to that dogma of acceptance...
2007-12-01 16:46:17 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Your job as a parent is to raise your child to be a productive member of society. When a child is born they need someone to guide them and tell them right from wrong. We are failing our youth!!
As a teacher I have actually had to teach some of my students how to think! It sounds crazy. but it is true!
In my case I will raise my child to be a good person, a God-fearing, productive member of society, that knows right from wrong.
If that includes teaching them how to think then so be it!
If more people were responsible enough to take that attitude and did not just have the child and leave them to raise them-selves America at least would be a lot better off!
2007-12-02 09:52:00 · answer #3 · answered by 1901pink 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As a parent you should provide a safe and stable base from which your children can explore the world and to which they can return for safety and advice. Early in cognitive development clearly defined boundaries and consistent but understanding enforcement of codes of behavior and morality are most beneficial. As the children age and reach puberty and gain increased cognitive abilities, they should be given the freedom to develop abstract thought and critical thinking. Open and honest discourse will promote this development. Boundaries on behavior are still beneficial, but greater flexibility is appropriate if the adolescent has shown enough responsibility.
2007-12-01 15:51:42 · answer #4 · answered by cerambus07 2 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Both.
At the Kingdom Hall ("church" to Jehovah's Witnesses) we call it "reaching the heart" of our children.
We teach them the way we would like them to go- spiritually, ethically, morally etc- but we can't just teach them words, facts and figures. We have to appeal to their inner self and draw them out and show them what they'll get out of doing it the Bible's way.
I haven't figured out how to do it lol because parents are up against peers, the media, and the school system as well. It's a lot for kids to take in.
Parents should have some influence over the children they bore.
But in the end, it's the child who puts its all together and decides for themselves.
2007-12-01 15:42:44 · answer #5 · answered by Xyleisha 5 · 1⤊ 2⤋
You give them the tools that teach them how to discern information for themselves because they will be better served later in life with a cornerstone such as that. If you don't teach them how to think, then someone will come along and do the thinking for them and depending on the person, like David Koresh, that could be dangerous.
2007-12-01 15:35:20 · answer #6 · answered by genaddt 7 · 7⤊ 0⤋
Teach them HOW to think. Excellent question.
I would want my children to come to whatever conclusions they draw on their own. That is the best way to feel good about what you believe or don't believe. But I think I'd like to encourage the way they do their research.
2007-12-01 17:17:37 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
You can't really teach your kids how to think or what to think. When they're really little you can teach them that bullying is wrong, don't touch hot things, don't play with sharp objects, ect.
But you can't teach them that christianity is right/wrong, or wearing black is right/wrong when they're older, because then they have their own way of thinking. BTW these are just examples and shouldn't be used to teach kids to be prejudice against other people.
2007-12-02 00:07:11 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Bring up a child in the way he shall go and when he is old he shall not depart from it.
Parents are responsible for raising their children to know right from wrong and to seek that which is right.
The world teaches a lack of responsibility for actions.
2007-12-01 15:34:52 · answer #9 · answered by allan b 5 · 6⤊ 1⤋
The purpose of education should be to teach HOW TO FIND OUT. Nobody can absorb and store every fact they learned...except maybe Google.
2007-12-02 09:31:36 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Teach them to think for themselves instead of blindly following what somebody else has told them.
2007-12-01 19:30:47 · answer #11 · answered by Bookworm 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋