It is imperative to create opportunities for children so that we can grow up to blow you away.
ADORA SVITAKI taught my first class at a local elementary school the year my first book, ‘Flying Fingers,’ debuted.
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But it doesn’t change the fact that we are chained to the beast. Voluntarily, of course.
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And I do watch TV, but only informative programmes like the news and documentaries.
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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.
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It seems we’re not only uninformed about our present.
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Enthusiasm just creates bubbles; it doesn’t keep them from popping.
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If school is preparation for the real world.
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Realizing that anyone can do it is the first step.
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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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A lot of negative words adults call the young.
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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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I cannot emphasize enough the importance of family encouragement.
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Since then, I have spoken at hundreds of schools, classrooms and conferences around the world.
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A real world that is increasingly technology-driven.
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By creating so many illusory images of physical perfection.
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Mostly, I avoid worrying since the time spent doing it could be spent more constructively.
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And when school doesn’t offer the same, it’s easy to tune out.
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The reality, unfortunately, is a little different, and it has a lot to do with trust, or a lack of it.
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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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The first thing anyone can do, about any issue, is get informed.
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But where’s the encouragement to lead meaningful lives right now?
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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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Where no girl is denied access to education, for instance.
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The next step is figuring out how you’re going to do it.
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Then to ignore technology is to become obsolete.
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The goal is not to turn kids into your kind of adult, but rather better adults than you have been.
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