Should We Teach Philosophy to Children?

About this episode

This episode discusses the importance of introducing philosophy to children to enhance their critical thinking and emotional skills.

Should philosophy start in childhood? Discover how philosophy for children can improve critical thinking, empathy, communication, and emotional resilience in the modern world. This episode is for parents, teachers, students, and anyone interested in philosophy, education, psychology, and child development. Dr. Maria Kasmirli explores why philosophy should be introduced to children from an early age—not as abstract academic theory, but as a way of encouraging curiosity, dialogue, reasoning,...

People in this episode

Guest: Dr. Maria Kasmirli

Topics covered

• philosophy
• education
• child development
• critical thinking
• empathy
• communication
• emotional resilience

Keywords

• philosophy for children
• critical thinking
• empathy
• education
• child development
• communication
• emotional resilience

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