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Parents generally want to help their children develop skills in solving problems.  So where do children (or teens, for that matter) get courses like introductory problem-solving?  With all the problems you read about in the news, you would think Introductory Problem-Solving would be in middle school, right up there with the Spanish-American War and the Pythagorean Theorem. 

I remember learning to make out checks in middle school.  Maybe they have Credit Card class in middle school now.  But I see ads for credit repair.  If people had more practice in solving problems, maybe they wouldn’t need to pay other people to solve problems for them.

But families don’t have to wait for the school system to introduce a course on Practical Problem-Solving.   Families can find practical problems of their own.  Of course, parents usually solve the problems without bothering the children.  That is kind, but no way to teach children how to solve problems.  Or to build their confidence in their own ability to solve problems.

In this venue, we illustrate how to use Semi-Structured Brainstorming to introduce problem-solving to children. 

Semi-Structured Brainstorming

Kit Tricks

Strengths
Creative
Patient
Persistent
Problem-Solver

Problems as Homework

Problemater's Kit (.pdf)
Tools for brains that feed on problems