The Vital Skill Parents Can Teach Teens and Tweens: Critical Thinking

About this episode

In this episode, Rachel discusses the importance of teaching critical thinking skills to teens and tweens in a complex information landscape.

Ask Rachel anything Click here for my blog post and summary of the core skills Our teenagers are growing up in a world saturated with information, outrage, and algorithms designed to keep them scrolling. As parents, it can feel overwhelming: How do we help our kids navigate AI, social media, fake news, and online manipulation—without either over-controlling them or throwing up our hands? In this episode, I talk to Dr Maree Davies, senior lecturer at the University of Auckland and author of Te...

People in this episode

Host: Rachel Richards

Guest: Dr Maree Davies

Topics covered

• critical thinking
• parenting
• teens
• information literacy
• social media
• online manipulation

Keywords

• critical thinking
• parenting advice
• teens
• social media
• fake news
• online safety
• information overload

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: University of Auckland

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