Raising A Skeptical Kid with Ronald Crouch
From 502 Conversations - Science, Skepticism, Pseudoscience, Philosophy, and more. by Brian Kerby
October 1, 2025 · 51 min
About this episode
Dr. Ronald Crouch discusses how to raise children with critical thinking skills and skepticism.
Dr. Crouch, or Dr. Dad as he is known online, is a psychologist, former meditation teacher, and author. He has published research in peer-reviewed academic journals, written therapy workbooks for children, and is the author of the Beyond Belief book series, which teaches children critical thinking skills using fun paranormal mysteries. © 2025 Dedham TV. Unauthorized duplication, for any reason, without permission, is prohibited. A video version of this show is available at Raisingaskepticalkid.com Inventing the randomized trial and the 1835 trial of homeopathy https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC1676327/ 00:00 Intro and bio 01:56 How did Dr. Dad, raising a skeptical kid.com, andBeyond Belief come about? 02:56 Some definitions: What is skepticism, and what is critical thinking? 07:41 S.M.A.R.T skills 08:45 Response to: children are too young for criticalthinking, leave it to their parents and don’t ruin childhood. 10:55 What does research say about children and criticalthinking? 12:10 How to instigate critical thinking skills in children 13:28 Using spooky things and urban legends to teach critical thinking 16:43 Children teaching CT to adults 17:37 “Science itself isn’t…
People in this episode
Host: Brian Kerby
Guest: Ronald Crouch
Topics covered
- skepticism
- critical thinking
- children's education
- psychology
- homeopathy
- urban legends
Keywords
- skeptical kid
- critical thinking skills
- psychology
- homeopathy
- urban legends
- children education
- paranormal mysteries
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Beyond Belief, Raising A Skeptical Kid, Dedham TV, homeopathy, S.M.A.R.T
Books & works: Beyond Belief book series
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