Creative Insights

Critical thinking is the superpower that enables children and teenagers to question, argue and decide better. Through key questions, they develop autonomy, personal judgment and the ability to face social pressure, information and real-life problems with clarity, responsibility and greater freedom.

“Key questions” transform everyday conversations into powerful tools to develop children’s critical thinking, creativity, and decision-making. No extra activities or resources are needed—just better questions that open new ways of thinking and help children explore, reflect, and grow.

Lady Marjory Allen revolutionized children’s design by creating adventure playgrounds—spaces where kids build, explore, and play freely. She championed child-friendly cities, nature-based environments, inclusion, and listening to children. Her legacy shows that play is not leisure but a fundamental tool for creative, emotional, and social development in childhood.

The Culture of the Thumb reduces experience to reaction, consumption, and binary judgment. The issue is not digital technology, but excess passivity. ByBa proposes creativity as the balancing force: not prohibition, but expansion. Creating restores initiative, meaning, and freedom. It’s not about leaving the phone, but reclaiming the whole hand.

This article explores two major educational approaches: traditional education and active pedagogies. By contrasting transmission and discovery, it invites families to reflect on what best fits their values and their child’s needs, highlighting that the key lies not in the model itself, but in the adult’s conscious perspective.