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Why we shouldn’t ask kids what they want to be when they’re older

Why we shouldn’t ask kids what they want to be when they’re older

by Colin Stuart | Mar 29, 2017 | Thoughts, Uncategorised

Many of us are guilty of what I think is a well-intentioned mistake: we ask children to imagine the jobs they want to do when they are older. When they don’t know we give them suggestions. We do it, perhaps, because we were asked the same question as children....
Book review – Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Tell You Everything You Need to Know About Global Politics

Book review – Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Tell You Everything You Need to Know About Global Politics

by Colin Stuart | Mar 21, 2017 | Book Reviews

Author: Tim Marshall Rating: [usr=4] Daytime TV is a natural consequence of the self-employed.  Quite often when I am working on something I have the news channels on in the background, keeping track of what is going on in the world. Whenever I watched Sky News,...

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