Name: What adults can learn from kids
Uploaded: 2010-04-01T17:17:00Z
Duration: 7 min 56 s
Description: Child prodigy Adora Svitak says the world needs "childish" thinking: bold ideas, wild creativity and especially optimism. Kids' big dreams deserve high expectations, she says, starting with grownups' willingness to learn from children as much as to teach.

Adora Svitak: What adults can learn from kids

What adults can learn from kids

Child prodigy Adora Svitak says the world needs "childish" thinking: bold ideas, wild creativity and especially optimism. Kids' big dreams deserve high expectations, she says, starting with grownups' willingness to learn from children as much as to teach.

Great ideas and bold dreams are not the sole domain of adults. Throughout history, young people have driven change, from Anne Frank’s writing to a boy raising £120,000 for Haiti on his bike. Children’s optimism, creativity, and willingness to ignore limits often push possibility forward. When adults dismiss young voices or set low expectations, society risks losing the next generation of leaders and visionaries.