Why We Should Teach Philosophy to Kids

In her article, Strauss emphasizes why Philosophy should be introduced to children at an early age. She does not necessarily mean the type of old-school philosophy that we inspired the Greeks or Romans, but the idea of philosophical thought. This, according to Strauss, will allow children to develop into well-composed citizens and thinkers. This type of philosophy gives kids the skills needed to arrange concepts into actions and debates. If we build up Americans from an early age, we build a string nation of connected and educated citizens.