Young people are often asked, ‘What do you want to be when you grow up?’ and given advice about how to lead meaningful adult lives.
ADORA SVITAKWe always reference kids but very rarely ask their opinion.
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The challenge is getting everyone to pay attention to it.
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Maybe we don’t need to wait for our grandchildren’s questions to remind us we should have paid more attention to current events.
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It is imperative to create opportunities for children so that we can grow up to blow you away.
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Op-eds and studies can highlight our decreased enthusiasm for Facebook ’til the cows come home.
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Due to the fact that we are not jaded or cynical.
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Let’s abolish the term ‘childish’ because adults normally cause the largest problems.
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I was thrilled to be able to read at three.
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I realise I’m still a child, though I do feel older.
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If we all understood we can learn from both older and younger people, then we’d have a better world.
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So in that respect I could be called one, although I don’t think I’ll go off the rails.
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Prom has all the elements of a popular story.
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None of my friends don’t have Facebook accounts.
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Enthusiasm just creates bubbles; it doesn’t keep them from popping.
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Rather than us trying to change girls in order to fit into the common mold of what we think a CEO looks like.
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The next step is figuring out how you’re going to do it.
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It reeks of all-Americanness, tension, drama.
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But I think it’s very important to tell children that you can read for fun, too, and to understand human spirit. It builds empathy.
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It seems we’re not only uninformed about our present.
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As children, we have a tenuous idea of love.
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We always reference kids but very rarely ask their opinion.
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History is made every day.
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Not just for me, but for everyone.
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There are lots of different interpretations of the word ‘prodigy.’
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The unsaid message of that endless rack of juniors’ pushup bras?
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Make sure that your kids or the kids in your life have an opportunity to share their ideas.
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In order to make anything a reality, you have to dream about it first.
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