Next time anyone describes your approach to doing things as "childish", take pride. It means you are ambitious, creative and brave. Yes, I know. Being "childish" used to mean silly and devoid of imagination. Not anymore. We know a lot better now why.
I believe this has been a very unfair way to characterize the kids' way of doing things. You can say its egoistic on the part of adults. For I would not describe my kids as anything less than innovate and seeking to the push boundaries of knowledge - all the time. Impossible is nothing to them. It is perhaps true about your, his and her kids.
Adora Svitak - a prodigy kid with enormous profile for her boldness on reading and writing says as much. At seven she had written and created thousands of blogs. Adora invites adults to stop constraining kids thinking with limitless "not possible comments" but instead adopt the kids' fearless, creative approach to doing things. Adora is a huge ambassador for literacy. Read more about this paradigm shift at: http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/lang/eng/adora_svitak.html
When you thought there is nothing to learn from kids. Approach any encounter with kids as a learning opportunity.
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