What if Kids Never Build Critical Thinking Skills? | Katie Kimball | TEDxBismarck
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- Today’s hyper-connected world inundates us with information, but is it possible we’re losing the ability to think for ourselves? Is connectivity sabotaging human connection? Is critical thinking losing ground to getting in line? Katie Kimball is an educator, online entrepreneur, and most importantly, a mom of 4 thinking children with a message all parents desperately need. YES, worried parents: Your kids can learn to think critically. No, it will not take all the brain cells you have left. It will take some intention to build a spirit of curiosity, attitude of adaptability, and capacity for resilience. These are the habits your kids need early on to assess information, ask the right questions, and come out on top, with their intellect and sense of self intact. It’s time to put critical thinking under the microscope and take practical steps forward. This generation is counting on us. Katie Kimball, CSME, is the voice of healthy kids cooking working to restore the health of our young generation, one kitchen at a time. In 2016, she created the Kids Cook Real Food eCourse which has helped thousands of other parents teach their kids to cook and was recently recommended by The Wall Street Journal as the best online cooking class for kids. By partnering with health experts and medical practitioners, Katie has become a trusted authority and advocate for children’s health. She’s shared her journey to real food and natural living for 11 years at Kitchen Stewardship, a blog that helps families stay healthy without going crazy. Busy moms look to this trusted educator for honest, in-depth natural product reviews and thorough research. Katie is also a mom of 4, cookbook author, Certified Stress Mastery Educator, and regular TV contributor from Detroit to LA. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at www.ted.com/tedx
I am a pediatrician and Katie Kimball's message is so important, especially right now. Katie, your presentation is entertaining, engaging, and extremely well thought out, thank you!
Honored to be a resource for your patients and all families!
Such an important message and so eloquently delivered. Thank you Katie Kimball!
I love your passion. We need more awareness and you are bringing it! Bravo!
I absolutely love Katie's Tedx Talk. Will be sharing it with my online community. And yes for the kitchen being the center of it all!!!!
Two lost arts - cooking and thinking! Together again! :)
Excellent talk Katie! Love seeing your passion on the stage!
Thanks for sharing your talents with the world Katie, I enjoyed you talk!
This message is SO very needed! You not only did a great job with the presentation itself, you unearthed a lost skill that is not just a 'nice quality' to possess but a necessity for free thinking and living. Thank you!
Love that - "necessity for free thinking and living" - thank YOU!
This topic is so important and having these conversations with your family and kids matters! Well done.
Thank you Katie for spreading this important message. You are a wealth of information. You did a great job and I am happy that I know you and have you as a resource! Thank you!
Yes! Love the talk Katie! Keep up the great work!!
Yes!!! This totally resonates and we need to help kids develop curiosity with skepticism and critical thinking. Thank you Katie!
This is an incredible TEDx Talk Katie! I love your message. It IS critical that we teach our children to think critically and to use the kitchen as a means in which to ignite their journey in all the healthy ways. BRAVO!!!
Thank you so much - the mission is to build a better next generation!
Great Talk! Yes we need to teach critical thinking to our kids about what they need to eat. Show them how to cook heathy food and the difference between processed and organic food!
Absolutely - it starts with asking questions about that processed food for sure.
This is so important, especially right now! I love this message, those three things are so important. Grateful for your passion and your mission, Katie!
Mesmerizing! Oh how our health can be improved quickly with simple diet changes! Thank you Katie for your passion for our children's health! Critical thinkers are healthier and live longer. Yes I want that! Would love to have you on the Your Longevity Blueprint podcast!
Thank you! Yes, I thought that study was VERY poignant!
Absolutely love this message!!! Critical thinking can change the world is so many ways and it starts with us reaching the next generation!!!
Start young with the right habits!
I couldn’t agree more! Great topic that needs to shared and discussed! From Freedom Kitchen, Brava, Katie!
It would be so great for teachers to see this too, to build great discussions! Thank you!
Wonderful connection between our small choices like what to eat and the bigger picture of critical thinking.
Incredible! Thanks for sharing this.
This message is so important! Thank you, Katie for talking about the need for critical thinking. It is vital to our future.
Our future does depend on it...
This is such an important message! So well done Katie!
Wonderful talk Katie!. Powerful message that people need to hear. I love when my son goes into the fridge and looks for ingredients to make a meal!
A kid looking for ingredients instead of chips is a well-raised kid! ;)
Amazing Katie!
Oh, Katie! Thank you for sharing your story and reigniting a passion in us as parents!
You're welcome! We need to stand up and keep being intentional with our parenting, but it's hard to keep it up without a little inspiration! :)
Such a great message!!!!!
Amazing work and powerful message Katie! Loved learning about the three foundations of critical thinking which is so simple to understand. Every parent (and future parent) needs to hear this!
I love that it felt easy to understand - always my goal!
Cultivating critical thinking skills in our children is more important today than ever. Katie's talk is so inspiring and she breaks her thesis down in easy to implement ways. And what couldn't be more fun than doing this while cooking with our children?
The kitchen is that lab for curiosity... thank you!
Amazing talk!!! We all need to hear this! Yes to critical thinking! I want that for my children too! Thank you❤️
Thank you!
Critical thinking: curiosity with skepticism, adaptability and reseliance
Critical thinking is essential and I love your solutions to teach our kids and ourselves. Great delivery, too!
Fabulous! The importance of critical thinking skills for kids cannot be minimized. As a parent of four kids and grandparent to 7, I will do everything possible to encourage critical thinking in my kids, and hope others will do the same. We are connected to our kids for life. When we are able to expand their thinking ability, the results will stay with us (and them) throughout our lives!
Powerful talk by a Powerful speaker! This woman is ahead of the game. Cooking is her medium, but it's deeper than that. She's revealing an essential path forward for an entire generation of young people.
This means a lot - hopefully my critical thinking *does* have these ideas ahead of the game - now to keep spreading them!
Peace & Blessings from Sydney! 🌻
Thank you!
You are most welcome, Katie! 🌸
We bought your course, Kids Cook Real Food, and looking really forward to cooking with our children! ❤️❤️❤️❤️
Amazing Katie. Thank you for your passion and a wonderful message here!
Thank you! All about starting off right...
TED needs to develop critical thinking skills. Everyone agrees. Nobody is challenged.
I've spoken to the homeless "community" and people just out of prison. Most don't have critical thinking skills, are stubborn and get locked up again. Why?
I've observed they have a defensive attitude that is easily triggered. They also ask for "a dollar," talk about their prison days, dope and party days. It's hard for them to change.
How can I help this population that have served "hard time" start to think critically & stick to it, especially for the sake of their kids?
FYI, I'm a part time building security guard where homeless are not allowed to enter however we stand outside & I let them vent.
I'm 42 y/o hispanic woman, first time married & my husband & I have a 2 y/o boy. 😁 Yes, my son will be a great critical thinker.
What an amazing question and work you do...I can only theorize but let's go with a couple ideas and see if you can get anyone thinking:
1. Asking questions is always the way to get people thinking. "How did you get started with dope?" "What do you think caused most of those guys/gals to be in prison, is there anything similar about their stories?" "What's making you angry right now?"
2. I'm thinking about a spin on #3, resilience. These folks obviously have gotten through a lot. They're tough as nails. That's one sort of resilience...but I wonder what they were missing? Did they have supportive parents? I'm guessing something was disconnected in their youth, so talking about that with them and trying to help them see that they CAN make life different for their kids, or they can perpetuate the same cycles... Exploring the difference between surviving something and true resilience, which protects the person from so much hurt these people must be feeling.
Keep being curious! And many well wishes to your little family - your son is lucky to have you!
This is an interesting video since growing up we weren't exactly taught "critical thinking skills" in Grade School at the same time I was very curious and still am curious with things regarding my family. They did tell us to ask questions if you need help with a subject matter but some teachers just don't do that but at the same time I didn't even realize that I was doing "critical thinking" at a young age in the first place. I haven't even heard of the term "critical thinking" until I was in college because at school we were expect to do what the teach told us to do, do our homework, and graduate just so you could do the exact same thing in the workplace. The only difference is that "homework" is replaced by "paperwork" and I kind of get annoyed that I have to do things exactly as the teachers want me to do. Some of them don't even like it that I would write so much on a report just because it was more pages than they assigned and they told us that we won't get rewarded at work for doing more than necessary at the workforce. Which made me the most exacting person you'll ever meet because I was taught that in order to get rewarded you have to be exact with your work, no more no less. I didn't even think that I was allowed to even have an opinion until my senior year in high school and that was only after having multiple honors classes as well as being one of the smartest students at school because it was frowned upon for "talking back to a teacher" unless it's for a question or an answer. So I would save my inquisitive statements for family gatherings since I learn so much from watching tv and playing video games as well as what my family has to say. I guess the point is that critical thinking is great for kids but it would be pointless if they don't even know what that is in the first place. So it's also a good idea to at least teach kids about critical thinking so that they can learn how to observe things themselves.
I'm sure this is a similar story for many kids and adults going through public school - although I think it's a little better today than my childhood in the 80s, but then again sometimes not...really depends on the teacher and the values of the school I imagine! I hope you are able to find work that is more fulfilling that paperwork! :)
@@KatieKimball Thanks, at this point I would be happy if all I did was paperwork because I have a Bachelor's Degree in Accounting and I've been trying to get a job since I graduated college and that was over 3 years ago.
Then they'll fit right in.
Licensed Medical Doctors must follow the "Standard of Care", approved by the medical Insurance Industry, and Pharmaceutical Industry Lobbyists for the US Government in part. Doctors can lose their licenses and be held personally liable for medical malpractice.
Allopathic Doctors are not allowed to use holistic or naturalopathic medicine. Or prescribe food as medicine.
Sounds like a list of reasons to be skeptical of allopathic doctors to me...
Curiosity, adaptability and resilience - aren't all children born with these? The desire to "train" kids is in my experience, a fear response from parents. Kids have the skills they need and they develop them further through life. Yes, we want to protect those skills from getting dumbed down at school. However, I don't believe kids need to be trained in any way. They are whole, sentient beings.
I 💯 percent agree with teaching kids to cook, though! (if they show a natural interest)
Very good point! We are born with these - so, so easy to lose them though, if parents aren't intentional...
My 13 y.o. wants to know: is critical thinking off limits for the J a b? Because he seems to think it is - given the mandates, coercions, suppression of information, lack of debate, etc. At any rate, he does a ton of research and is very good with logic and does not want to get it.. I would say he's an all around better critical thinker than me. The last thing I want to do is go against your advice for letting him stand up for his decisions. I feel like I am in a pickle. That said, is it reasonable to cherry pick what children should and should not think critically about? If so, what would be the long term repercussions of they are forced against their will to go against the decision they made, given their own critical thought? In my 13 y.o.'s case, what if, in the long term, his critical thinking was correct and he was harmed? Would he resent those or myself for forcing him to go against his own informed decision for the rest of his life??
I'm so proud of your son! He's spot on that precious few people are using their critical thinking about quite a few topics during this pandemic, and there's a brain-based reason for it. Fear excites the amygdala and blocks access to the upper level, executive functioning brain. Humans literally can't use their critical thinking when they're mired in fear. :(
I don't think we should ever pick and choose what we think critically about or encourage our children to do. That said, you're still the parent, and as a 13yo he's still in a phase of you widening the boundaries you create for him each year, but ultimately making decisions for him that you know are in his best interest. And THAT said, you just shared that you're not sure you're accessing your own critical thinking on this issue fully, so maybe he makes a really good point. A 13yo shouldn't be in charge of his own medical decisions, but he should definitely be involved. I think there could be a lot of hurt/trauma if he's forced to do something he's really researched. Have you asked him to explain what he's learned to you? Most likely he would be in the majority of his peers if he abstains. This may be one way to think about it: If you allow him to wait and see, that's 100% reversible. If you insist on a medical procedure, that's never reversible. I'd love to hear how your conversation goes with your son! If you want to check out my Instagram @kidscookrealfood, I just did some research myself on this issue this weekend and would be happy to send it via DM.
@@KatieKimball You're response is appreciated and awesome! I sat down with him last night and you wouldn't believe what he showed me - trends, stats, etc. Extremely enlightening, depressing and surprising at the same time. So much so, that he's settled any of my own doubts about the situation. It is now clear as day. In fact, it makes me angry to see that I never picked up on any of this before. What's even crazier is why aren't any of the negative aspects being reported more often and honestly? I guess, like you said, the fear shuts down some of the critical elements of our brain which can seriously effect our lives. This ultimately leads others who are projecting that fear take control of our decision making - essentially forcing us do something that is certainly not in our best interests. This is indeed very scary. I guess I am in good hands with my little analyst. :)
@@reo5394 You've raised an amazing kid! I can only begin to guess what careers he'll have (and impact on the world)!!
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Don’t stay in school, Kids.
sussy wussy, anecdotal no study