From Tying Shoes to Artificial Intelligence

Critical thinking is not merely a buzzword. It is an essential tool that children must learn at an early age. In the digital age, far too much is being done by machines.

Eileen F. Toplansky | May 27, 2026

Cleaning out the attic, I recently came across my daughter’s first pair of walking shoes. They were the white leather real tie-up shoes where a parent had to actually tie the laces so the child’s foot would be securely held inside the shoe.

In kindergarten, she “graduated” to burgundy shoes because those were “big girl” shoes. She learned to tie her own laces after a bit of practice and we learned about “bunny ears.”

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