How Are Your Critical Thinking Skills?

Families, communities, and nations are stronger when parents teach their children to think critically – to use their brains instead of their feelings to make decisions. Children, teenagers, and young adults should learn that feelings come and go and cannot be assured. One day, we may feel madly in love with someone, but our feelings change when they say or do something that displeases or hurts us. If the pains of the relationship become more than the pleasures, we may wonder how we could have ever loved them. The same is true of politicians.

Many people refused to vote for Donald Trump because they considered him to be too gross and/or immoral for their support. However, they did not realize that they voted for a worse person in Joe Biden. After the death of his first wife, he became involved in an affair with Jill, who at the time was married to another man. Joe is also credibly accused of sexual abuse by a former congressional aide – who fled to Russia for her own safety. In her diary, his daughter Ashley wrote that she took showers late at night to avoid having her father get into the shower with her.

Joe Biden’s moral problems are not the biggest problem for Americans. Congressional investigations are opening multiple cans of worms concerning Joe Biden and his son Hunter Biden’s business dealings. Devon Archer, a former business partner, outlined how Joe and Hunter were using Joe’s political positions to sell America to her enemies. Committee members are gathering bank records showing discrepancies in deposits and withdrawals of multiple bank accounts. Evidence of corruption is piling up.

It is likely that Donald Trump and Joe Biden will be the nominees for POTUS in 2024. We have a choice between a flawed man who loves America and a flawed man who sells America to her enemies. However, there may be different candidates. Whoever the candidates are, we will need to use our brains for making our decision as to where to put our vote because our feelings are not dependable.

Wise parents will use the coming months to show their children how to think critically in determining who will be the better POTUS. Our communities and America will be stronger when children, teens, and young adults learn to think critically.