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Six Reasons Your Child Should Learn Logic
If you don't work on it, you may never develop the skill of logical thinking. But you need to have this skill, to identify logic traps.
Instead of just going with the flow, you can be proactive and teach logic to your child. In the process, you may get some practice at it too. Here's why:
1. Your child will be able to make better choices, understanding the principle of cause and effect. For instance, any "friends" who push him to waste money and time may find he turns a deaf ear, because he understands the logical consequences.
2. Your child will be a good problem-solver. Good problem-solving involves coming up with a list of options to consider. This will help later on in a range of situations, from how to deal with a plugged-up sink to what to do about a car that breaks down.
3. Your child will be able to see through advertising. For example, he will be able to find circular reasoning in an advertising slogan such as "Happy people buy Grandma's Granola." The advertiser really is saying, "Buy Grandma's Granola, and you will be happy." Is your child able to identify circular logic such as this?
4. What about persuasion in the media? Let's say a reporter asks five people whether they think illegal immigrants should be allowed to stay. All of them say yes. Then the reporter concludes that everyone wants illegal immigrants to be able to stay. Does your child see the problem here? The error is in the size of the sample group--too small. The reporter needs a much broader sample.
5. Your child can evaluate the qualifications of an advisor in order to evaluate the advice. For example, his dentist may tell him to floss his teeth. The dentist is an expert, so it's a good idea to believe him. But the dentist is not an expert in car repair. Any advice he may give about your car, you should weigh carefully.
6. Your child will be able to understand how computers think. Computers think in nitty-gritty ways: if statement A is true, then do action B. Otherwise, do action C. Our brains tend to skip around in comparison. But learning to program a computer to follow a logical sequence helps the child learn to think logically, too. In the Information Age, this is a very useful skill to develop, now or later. The more your child knows about computers, the more he will be master of that device that is mastering our lives.
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Find out about computer programming for children and teens and get a no-cost e-lesson on Web searching, the Internet Scavenger Hunt. Phyllis Wheeler provides materials for those who want to teach their children and teens fun computer skills.
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